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contumacious

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
contumacious /ˌkɒntjʊˈmeɪʃəs/

▶adjective archaic or Law stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority.

– derivatives
contumaciously adverb,
contumacy noun.

– origin C16: from L. contumax, contumac- (perh. from con- ‘with’ + tumere ‘to swell’) + -ious.

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