contumacious
adj/ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/UK/ˌkɑːn.tʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/US
Etymology
From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”) + -ious.
- borrowed from contumāx
Definitions
Contemptuous of authority
Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
- […] and, on his conſtancie, ſounds an accuſation to Herod of a contumacious affront, on ſuch a day, before many peers; præpares the king to ſome paſſion, and at laſt, by her daughter’s dancing, effects it.
- In all places too are Dissident Priests; whom the Legislative will have to deal with: contumacious individuals, working on that angriest of passions; plotting, enlisting.
Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
The neighborhood
- neighborcontumaciously
- neighborcontumaciousness
- neighborcontumacy
- neighborcontumely
- neighborcontumelious
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA