Contour—kŏn-tōōr´, not kŏn´tōōr. The boundary lines of a figure.
Contra-dance is better than country-dance, the latter word being a corruption; but it has become admissible from long use. Contredanse is the French original, and means that the parties stand opposite to each other.
Contrary—kŏn´tra-ry, not kon-trā´ry, interfering with the rhythm of the distich from Mother Goose's Melodies:
"Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?"
Contumacy—kŏn´tu-ma-sy, not kon-tū´ma-sy. Obstinacy, stubbornness.
Contumely—kŏn´tu-me-ly not kŏn-tū´me-ly. Insolence, contemptuousness.
Conversant—kŏn´ver-sant, not kon-vĕr´sănt.
Conversazione—kŏn´ver-sät-se-ō´nā, not kon-ver-săs´si-ōne. A meeting for conversation. Worcester pronounces it kŏn-ver-sät-ze-ō´nā. The plural is conversazioni (-nē).
Corporal punishment, not cor-pō´re-al.