contumacityn.
/kɒntjuːˈmasɪti/ rare.
Contumacious quality, stubborn perverseness.
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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
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 671 To tame her contumacitee.
1837 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 401 A solemn, high-stalking man; with such a fund..of contumacity, irrefragability.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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