Word of the Day: Contumacious

contumacious

PRONUNCIATION:

(kon-tuh-MAY-shuhs, -tyoo-)

MEANING:

adjective: Stubborn, insubordinate.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin contumacia, from contumax, contumac- (insolent).

USAGE:

“Without the disciplining presence of the two heavyweights, contumacious councillors busied themselves with procedural obstruction and shouting ‘corruption’ at each other.”
Tehran’s Municipal Politics; The Economist (London, UK); Jan 25, 2003.
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