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recalcitrant


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recalcitrant  \Re*cal"ci*trant\,  a.  [L.  recalcitrans,  p.  pr  of 
  recalcitrare  to  kick  back  pref.  re-  re-  +  calcitrare  to 
  kick,  fr  calx  heel.  Cf  {Inculcate}.] 
  Kicking  back  recalcitrating;  hence  showing  repugnance  or 
  opposition;  refractory. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  recalcitrant 
  adj  1:  marked  by  stubborn  resistance  to  and  defiant  of  authority  or 
  guidance;  "a  recalcitrant  teenager";  "everything 
  revolves  around  a  refractory  individual  genius"  [syn: 
  {refractory}] 
  2:  marked  by  stubborn  resistance  to  authority;  "the  University 
  suspended  the  most  recalcitrant  demonstraters" 




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