re·cal·ci·trant
adjective
1. resisting control: stubbornly resisting the authority or control of another
2. hard to do or handle: difficult to deal with or operate
struggling in front of the mirror with a recalcitrant necktie
noun (plural re·cal·ci·trants)
stubborn opponent: somebody who stubbornly resists authority or control by another
A few recalcitrants refused to submit.
[Mid-19th century. Directly or via French from Latin recalcitrant- present participle stem of recalcitrare , literally “to kick back� (used of horses), from calcitrare “to kick (with the heels),� from the stem of calc- “heel.�]
re·cal·ci·trance noun
23 March 2005
I am the thirty-ninth bodhisattva of recalcitrance... I know.
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