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.
