adj. & n.
--adj. uncompromising, stubborn.
--n. an intransigent person.
Derivatives:
intransigence n. intransigency n. intransigently adv.
Etymology: 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)