recalcitrant
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sɪ adjective
1.
resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
2.
hard to deal with, manage, or operate.
noun
3.
a recalcitrant person.
Origin:
1835–45; < Latin recalcitrant- (stem of recalcitrāns, present participle of recalcitrāre to kick back), equivalent to re- re- + calcitr(āre) to strike with the heels, kick (derivative of calx heel) + -ant- -ant
1835–45; < Latin recalcitrant- (stem of recalcitrāns, present participle of recalcitrāre to kick back), equivalent to re- re- + calcitr(āre) to strike with the heels, kick (derivative of calx heel) + -ant- -ant
Related forms
re·cal·ci·trance, re·cal·ci·tran·cy, noun
non·re·cal·ci·trance, noun
non·re·cal·ci·tran·cy, noun
non·re·cal·ci·trant, adjective
un·re·cal·ci·trant, adjective
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| —adj | |
| 1. | not susceptible to control or authority; refractory |
| —n | |
| 2. | a recalcitrant person |
| [C19: via French from Latin recalcitrāre, from | |
| re'calcitrance | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
recalcitrant
1843, from Fr. récalcitrant, lit. "kicking back" (17c.-18c.), pp. of recalcitrare "to kick back," from re- "back" + L. calcitrare "to kick," from calx (gen. calcis) "heel." Verb recalcitrate "to kick out" is attested from 1623; sense of "resist obstinately" is from 1759.
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Example sentences
On the rare occasion when they disagree about something, she will be the one urging him to be more outraged or recalcitrant.
In the management of recalcitrant tribesmen, brutality has not entirely gone out of fashion.
In her case, the search and destroy mission caused by her other recalcitrant itch had raised the ante.
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