† conˈtemnible, a. Obs. rare.
[a. F. contemnible (15–16th c.), f. L. contemn-ĕre to contemn + -ble.]
Worthy of contempt; contemptible.
| 1579 Fenton Guicciard. 239 Succours almost contemnible in so great daungers. Ibid. ii. (1599) 526 The seuerity of the one would make the other lesse contemnible. |