† contumacen.
Obsolete. rare.
= contumacy n.; also, a pronouncing a person to be in contumacy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > disobedient stubbornness
contumacec1230
unbuxomnessa1300
unbuxomheada1325
contumacyc1386
sturdinessa1400
stoutnessc1400
contumacityc1420
pervicacy1537
untractablenessa1600
pervicacity1604
contumation1618
refractariness1624
refractoriness1627
incorrigiblenessa1631
indocibleness1647
immorigerousness1649
contumaciousness1654
refracture1659
intractableness1664
unmanageableness1664
refractiveness1674
untractibleness1676
pervicaciousness1692
untreatableness1693
untractability1797
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance > perverse
riot?c1225
contumacec1230
waywardnessc1384
contumacyc1386
sturdinessa1400
stoutnessc1400
contumation1618
gainsayingness1648
contumaciousness1654
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [noun] > pronouncing a person to be in contumacy
contumacea1662
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 102 Contumace..is anewil i þing þet ha haueð undernume to donne.
a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 358 Except the fault be notorious..and so declared by an assize, excommunication, contumace, and lawful admonition.
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† contumaceadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= contumacious adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > disobediently stubborn
incorrigiblea1340
unchastisable1382
contumaxc1386
stubbornc1386
stoutc1410
contumacec1425
staffish?a1513
unwieldy1513
untractable1538
intractable1545
prefract?1549
incounselable1554
indocible1555
uncorrectable1562
refractorious1563
haggard1566
neck-stiff1570
uncounsellablea1578
refractary1583
contumacious1603
refractarious1609
refractory1615
unmanageable1616
immorigerous1623
refractive1623
pervicacious1633
unrectifiable1645
undocible1653
undocile1656
untractible1670
unadvisable1672
recalcitrant1797
unguidable1822
recalcitrary1861
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant > and perverse
waywardc1384
contumaxc1386
contumacec1425
perversec1425
gainsaying1489
wrayward1516
untowards1525
untoward1526
wrabbed?1544
contumacious1603
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > resistant to treatment
contumace?1541
contumaced?1541
rebel?1541
wayward?1541
rebellious1565
pertinacious1578
contumacious1605
surly1609
refractory1634
sturdy1643
irreducible1836
c1425 Lansd. MS. of Chaucer, Pars. T. ⁋328 Contumace is he, etc. [other MSS. contumax, contymax: see contumax adj.].
1521 in H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge 3rd balade sig. s.iii v Renegate and contumace in all obstinacion.
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Dij v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Contumace & waywarde vlceres.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† contumacev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To pronounce guilty of contumacy.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)] > pronounce a person to be in contumacy
to put in contumacyc1425
contumacec1650
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 56 No bischopis wes callit or contumaxt except the pretendit Bischop of Ross.
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