contumelioso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin contumēliōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.tu.meˈljo.zo/, (traditional) /kon.tu.meˈljo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: con‧tu‧me‧lió‧so

Adjective

contumelioso (feminine contumeliosa, masculine plural contumeliosi, feminine plural contumeliose)

1. (literary) insulting, offensive, abusive, injurious

Related terms

• contumelia

Further reading

• contumelioso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• contumelioso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• contumelióso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• contumelióso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.tu.meː.liˈoː.soː/, [kɔn̪t̪ʊmeːlʲiˈoːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tu.me.liˈo.so/, [kon̪t̪umeliˈɔːs̬o]

Adjective

contumēliōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of contumēliōsus