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restivest

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res⋅tive

  [res-tiv]
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–adjective
1. impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
2. refractory; stubborn.
3. refusing to go forward; balky: a restive horse.
Origin:
1375–1425; rest 2 + -ive; r. late ME restif stationary, balking < OF: inert

Related forms:
res⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
res⋅tive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. nervous, unquiet. 2. recalcitrant, disobedient, obstinate.

Antonyms:
1. patient, quiet. 2. obedient, tractable.
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Word Origin & History

restive 
c.1410, restyffe "not moving forward," from M.Fr. restif (fem. restive) "motionless," from rester "to remain" (see rest (2)). Sense of "unmanageable" (1687) evolved via notion of a horse refusing to go forward.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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