abusive Copy link Outline 1. contŭmēlĭōsus2. mălĕdīcens, mălĕdĭcus • abusive: 1. contŭmēlĭōsus: how a. in his edicts! quam c. in edictis! Cic.: letters a. against any one, epistolae in aliquem c., Cic. 2. mălĕdīcens, mălĕdĭcus: v. scurrilous. Phr..: a. eloquence, eloquentia canīna, Quint.