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Latin
Etymology
From contemnō (“contemn, disparage”) + -tim (adverbial suffix).
Adverb
contemptim (comparative contemptius, superlative contemptissimē)
- contemptuously, scornfully
References
- “contemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contemptim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)