contumelious

[sardith]

Dear Dr. Goodword,

I ran across this word, contumelious, while reading an article about a public official, and after looking it up, I would like to have you do a column on it, please. It seems as though it might have an engaging word history, and it will definitely be interesting to see your perspective.

Thanks,
Sardith

[Slava]

The root of this word has actually been treated here twice. Here's the first one, as it has a couple of comments:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1273

[sardith]

Thanks, that was helpful.