contumaciousadj.
/kɒntjuːˈmeɪʃəs/ 1. † b. Of diseases: Not readily yielding to treatment, stubborn. Obsolete.
a. Contemning and obstinately resisting authority; stubbornly perverse, insubordinate, rebellious. (Of persons and their actions.)
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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
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 997 The Turcoman nation..were growne verie contumatious.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 83 His contumacious Company-keeping (contrary to his Confessours command) with an Excommunicated Count.
1772 S. Denne & W. Shrubsole Hist. Rochester 127 To reduce the contumacious monks to obedience.
1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm x. 291 That spirit of contumacious scrupulosity which is the parent of schism.
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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
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 152 Contumacious sicknesses.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 263 In contumacious Diseases.
2. Law. Wilfully disobedient to the summons or order of a court.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > disobedient to court
contumaxc1386
contumaciousa1600
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 17 Contumacious persons, which refuse to obey their sentence.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 190 He is in Law said to be a contumacious Person, who, on his Appearance afterwards, departs the Court without leave.
1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 202 On her refusal to appear in person or by her attorney, she was pronounced contumacious.
1859 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 282 Contumacious prisoners were put to a dreadful torture.
Derivatives
contuˈmaciously adv.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > disobediently stubborn
stoutly1568
incorrigibly1610
refractarily1618
contumaciously1626
refractorilyc1646
pervicaciously1650
unmanageably1701
unguidably1837
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adverb] > intractably or recalcitrantly > and perversely
contumaciously1626
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adverb] > in disobedience to court
contumaciously1841
1626 J. Pory in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 333 III. 243 They contumaciously refused to go.
1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli State France in Wks. 260 The Clients are contumaciously litigious.
1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 236 Imposing a fine when that assistance was contumaciously withheld.
contuˈmaciousness n.
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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
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [noun] > resistance to treatment
contumacy?1541
contumaciousness1654
obstinacy1808
refractoriness1891
1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 219 Having their contumaciousness punish'd with a Pestilence.
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xxv. (R.) The difficulty and contumaciousness of cure [of elephantiasis].
1887 Spectator 28 May 723 Various delays in deciding upon his contumaciousness.
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