calcitrare
31recalcitrant — [ri kal′si trənt] adj. [L recalcitrans, prp. of recalcitrare, to kick back (in LL, to disobey) < re , back + calcitrare, to kick < calx, heel: see CALCAR] 1. refusing to obey authority, custom, regulation, etc.; stubbornly defiant 2. hard… …
32recalcitrant — adj. & n. adj. 1 obstinately disobedient. 2 objecting to restraint. n. a recalcitrant person. Derivatives: recalcitrance n. recalcitrantly adv. Etymology: L recalcitrare (as RE , calcitrare kick out with the heels f. calx calcis heel) …
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