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Definition
lack of respect — often accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike or disgust
- Second: It is a little significant, that while one sperm whale only fights another sperm whale with his head and jaw, nevertheless, in his conflicts with man, he chiefly and contemptuously uses his tail.Chapters 85-87 -- The Fountain; The Tail; The Grand Armada (32% in)
There are no more uses of "contempt" in Moby Dick.
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