calcitrare

  • 21BUBULCI — iam Siracidis aetate contemptim habiti, vide Ecclesiastic. c. 38. v. 26. unde nihil mirum, quod in Theocriti Bucolisco Eunica puella bubulcum hôc sermone repellat, ἔῤῥ᾿ ἀπ᾿ ἐμεῖο. Βωκόλος ὢν ἐθέλεις με κύσαι, τάλαν: οὐ μεμάθηκα Α᾿γροίκως φιλέειν …

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  • 22THOS — Graece θὼς, animal e Iuporum genere, ut nonnullis videtur, paulo vulpibus maius, hominibus armentisque innoxium, furtô magis et dolô, quam vi, victum quaerens, gallinis inprimis infestum, et avibus aquaticis, quas ingeniose admodum venatur, uti… …

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  • 23calcitrato — cal·ci·trà·to p.pass. → calcitrare …

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  • 24recalcitrare — re·cal·ci·trà·re v.intr. (io recàlcitro; avere) CO 1. di animale spec. da sella, da soma o da tiro, impuntarsi indietreggiando o tirando calci 2. fig., opporsi, fare resistenza, spec. ostinata: recalcitrare alla, contro la disciplina, ho cercato… …

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  • 25recalcitrant — re|cal|ci|trant [rıˈkælsıtrənt] adj formal [Date: 1800 1900; : Late Latin; Origin: , present participle of recalcitrare to refuse to obey , from Latin calcitrare to kick , from calx heel ] refusing to do what you are told to do, even after you… …

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  • 26recalcitrant — [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… …

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  • 27recalcitrant — (adj.) 1823, from Fr. récalcitrant, lit. kicking back (17c. 18c.), pp. of recalcitrare to kick back, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + L. calcitrare to kick, from calx (gen. calcis) heel. Used from 1797 as a French word in English. Verb… …

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  • 28regimber — Regimber, Semble que ce mot soit composé de Re, pour Retro, et de Jambe. Regimber, quasi Rejamber, Jecter la jambe riere, ou derriere. Regimber, Calcitrare, Calces iactare, Recalcitrare, Calce petere. Engarder une mule de regimber, Calcitratus… …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 29ruer — Ruer, Iacere, Ruere. Ruer et jetter contre quelque chose, Impingere. Ruer coups sur aucun, Aliquem petere. Ruer du haut en bas, Praecipitem dare. Ruer jus, Decutere, Deturbare, Proturbare, Percellere, Prosternere. Ruer jus en brisant et rompant,… …

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  • 30recalcitrant — [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… …

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