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adjective
1.
refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.
noun
2.
a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
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Intransigent
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| a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed or sofa, or anything resembling this in form or in use as a support |
| given to, or marked by, procrastination or delay |
Also, in·tran·si·geant.
Origin:
1875–80; < Spanish intransigente, equivalent to in- in-3 + transigente (present participle of transigir to compromise) < Latin trānsigent- (stem of trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigere to come to an agreement); see transact
1875–80; < Spanish intransigente, equivalent to in- in-3 + transigente (present participle of transigir to compromise) < Latin trānsigent- (stem of trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigere to come to an agreement); see transact
Related forms
in·tran·si·gence, in·tran·si·gen·cy, noun
in·tran·si·gent·ly, adverb
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intransigent
1881, from Fr. intransigeant, from Sp. los intransigentes, lit. "not coming to an agreement," name for extreme republican party in Sp. Cortes 1873-4, from in- "not" + transigente "compromising," from L. transigentem (nom. transigens), prp. of transigere "come to an agreement, accomplish, to carry through"
EXPAND(see transact). Acquired its generalized sense in French.
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