recalcitrant
11recalcitrant — 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… …
12RÉCALCITRANT — ANTE. adj. Qui résiste avec humeur, avec opiniâtreté. Un caractère, un esprit recalcitrant. Une humeur récalcitrante. Il s est montré bien récalcitrant. Il s emploie quelquefois substantivement. Il y avait parmi eux quelques récalcitrants.… …
13Recalcitrant — Stubborn. For example, a recalcitrant case of pneumonia stubbornly resists treatment. * * * re·cal·ci·trant ri kal sə trənt adj not responsive to treatment <severe recalcitrant psoriasis> <recalcitrant warts> …
14recalcitrant — [[t]rɪkæ̱lsɪtrənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe someone or something as recalcitrant, you mean that they are unwilling to obey orders or are difficult to deal with. [FORMAL] King William moved rapidly to establish Norman power over a …
15recalcitrant — re•cal•ci•trant [[t]rɪˈkæl sɪ trənt[/t]] adj. 1) resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant: a recalcitrant prisoner[/ex] 2) hard to deal with, manage, or operate 3) a recalcitrant person • Etymology: 1835–45; < L recalcitrant …
16recalcitrant — recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, n. /ri kal si treuhnt/, adj. 1. resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory. 2. hard to deal with, manage, or operate. n. 3. a recalcitrant person. [1835 45; < L recalcitrant (s. of… …
17recalcitrant — re|cal|ci|trant [ rı kælsıtrənt ] adjective 1. ) FORMAL refusing to obey orders: a recalcitrant child 2. ) not operating or acting the way you want and therefore difficult to deal with: a recalcitrant computer ╾ re|cal|ci|trance noun uncount …
18recalcitrant — [19] People who are recalcitrant are etymologically ‘kicking back’ against whatever restrains or upsets them. The word was borrowed from French récalcitrant, a descendant of the present participle of Latin recalcitrāre ‘kick back’. This was a… …
19recalcitrant — [rɪ kalsɪtr(ə)nt] adjective obstinately uncooperative. noun a recalcitrant person. Derivatives recalcitrance noun recalcitrantly adverb Origin C19: from L. recalcitrant , recalcitrare kick out with the heels , based on calx, calc heel …
20recalcitrant — [19] People who are recalcitrant are etymologically ‘kicking back’ against whatever restrains or upsets them. The word was borrowed from French récalcitrant, a descendant of the present participle of Latin recalcitrāre ‘kick back’. This was a… …
