† immorigerousadj.
Obsolete.
a. Unyielding, obstinate: disobedient, rebellious; uncivil.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant
unbuxoma1250
unbowsomec1290
sturdy13..
wildc1350
stubbornc1386
unbaina1400
stoutc1410
kimeta1450
staffish?a1513
untractable1538
intractable1545
sullen1577
restiff1578
indocile1603
resty1603
hot-mouthed1609
immorigerous1623
intractive1623
uncompliable1626
restivea1628
non-complying1649
uncompliant1659
incompliant1706
unobliging1707
recalcitrant1797
unbiddable1825
stocky1836
recalcitrary1861
calcitrant1866
non-cooperative1867
recalcitrating1870
ropeable1870
non-cooperating1895
bolshie1918
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
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Immorigerous, rude, vnciuill.
1624 D. Cawdrey Humilitie Saints Liverie 40 How immorigerous and obstinate to the commands of God!
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. ix. 122 Ungentlenesse, and an immorigerous Spirit.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 699 Immorigerous, Stiff, and Inflexible.
1732 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible I. 150 (T. Suppl.) Such creatures as are immorigerous, we have found out expedients to reclaim.
b. Not refined or elegant, ‘rude’.
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1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 11 We were as well content in our immorigerous roomes, as others in the magnificent structures of our Royall Soveraigne.
Derivatives
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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
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar 1 ii. 64 All degrees of delay are degrees of immorigerousnesse, and unwillingnesse.
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