RECALCITRANT

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. obstinately disobedient.

2 objecting to restraint.

--n. a recalcitrant person.

Derivatives:

recalcitrance n. recalcitrantly adv.

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