According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
contumacy
(noun) obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
contumacy
(noun) willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court
Source: WordNet® 3.1
contumacy (countable and uncountable, plural contumacies)
(chiefly Christianity and law) Disobedience, resistance to authority.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"tu*ma*cy, n.; pl. Contumacies. Etym: [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. Contemn.]
1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. Strype.
2. (Law)
Definition: A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.
Syn.
– Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.