Wednesday 6 November 2013

word of the day:part sixty-three | recalcitrant

re·cal·ci·trant (rɪˈkæl sɪ trənt)

adj.
1.
Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance. Unruly.
2.
Hard to deal with, manage, or operate.

n.
A recalcitrant person.

[Late Latin recalcitrns, recalcitrant-, present participle of recalcitrre, to be disobedient, from Latin, to deny access : re-, re- + calcitrre, to kick (from calx, calc-, heel).]

re·calci·trance, re·calci·tran·cy | n

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