exouthenismos exouthenismos
 ex-ou-then-is'-mos Gk. "Scorn, contempt, disparagement"
contempt

An expression of contempt.
 
Examples
  O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! —Jeremiah 22:23
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  Sources: Bullinger 939


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