† unbuxomnessn.
Obsolete.
Disobedience; obstinacy.
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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
a1300 Cursor Mundi 27616 O pride bicums vnbuxumnes, Strif, and strutt, and frawardnes.
c1315 Shoreham vii. 806 God wyste wel þat man schold erry, And þorȝ on-boxamnesse uerry Fram alle healþe.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 89 And in this wise I me confesse Of that ye clepe unbuxomnesse.
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 17 Aȝayns my gret goodnes Þai chewyn me vnbuxumnes.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 22 When angeles seon þat hor Lorde was wroth wyth man for vnbuxamnes.
c1530 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols, & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 55 Marcy, God, & forgevenes For pride & for vnbuxvmnes!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.a1300- long-delayed
- long-departed
- long-descended
- long-descending
- long-desired
- long-destroying
- long-discredited
- long-distance
- long-docked
- long-dormant
- long-drawn
- long-drawn-out
- long-duration
- long-during
- long-ear
- long-eared
- long-eared bat
- long-eared owl
- long-enduring
- long-established
- long-expected
- long-experienced
- long-exposure
- long-extended
- long-extinct