RECALCITRANT


Meaning of RECALCITRANT in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 obstinately disobedient. 2 objecting to restraint.

n. a recalcitrant person. recalcitrance n. recalcitrantly adv.

[ L recalcitrare (as RE-, calcitrare kick out with the heels f. calx calcis heel) ]

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