INTRANSIGENT


Meaning of INTRANSIGENT in English

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)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.