contumacious
(adjective) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; “a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
contumacious (comparative more contumacious, superlative most contumacious)
Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
(legal) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
• (contemptuous of authority): disobedient, insubordinate, obstinate, perverse, rebellious, stubborn
Source: Wiktionary
Con`tu*ma"cious, a. Etym: [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.]
1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond.
2. (Law)
Definition: Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. Blackstone.
Syn.
– Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.
– Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv.
– Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
