RECALCITRANT


Meaning of RECALCITRANT in English

adj.

Pronunciation: -tr ə nt

Function: adjective

Etymology: Late Latin recalcitrant-, recalcitrans, present participle of recalcitrare to be stubbornly disobedient, from Latin, to kick back, from re- + calcitrare to kick, from calc-, calx heel

Date: 1843

1 : obstinately defiant of authority or restraint

2 a : difficult to manage or operate b : not responsive to treatment c : RESISTANT <this subject is recalcitrant both to observation and to experiment ― G. G. Simpson>

synonyms see UNRULY

– recalcitrant noun

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