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contumacity rare.|kɒntjuːˈmæsɪtɪ| [a. F. contumacité (16th c. in Godef.), f. L. type *contumācitās, f. contumāx; see contumax and -ity.] Contumacious quality, stubborn perverseness.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 671 To tame her contumacitee. 1837Carlyle Mirabeau Misc. Ess. (1888) V. 223 A solemn high-stalking man with such a fund..of contumacity, irrefragability. |