adj. & n.
adj. uncompromising, stubborn.
n. an intransigent person. intransigence n. intransigency n. intransigently adv.
[ F intransigeant f. Sp. los intransigentes extreme republicans in Cortes, ult. formed as IN-(1) + L transigere transigent- come to an understanding (as TRANS-, agere act) ]