transcription, транскрипция: [ -trənt ]
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