contumacious

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/
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• US: /ˌkɑːn.tʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/
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• US: /ˌkɑːn.tjəˈmeɪ.ʃəs/
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From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”) + -ious. By surface analysis, contum(ax) + -acious.

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: упорит (uporit) — contemptuous of authority
• Bulgarian: непокорен (nepokoren) — contemptuous of authority
• German: ungehorsam — contemptuous of authority
• Japanese: 官命抗拒の (kanmēkōkyono) — contemptuous of authority
• Latin: contumax — contemptuous of authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjenstridig — contemptuous of authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: hardnakket — contemptuous of authority
• Polish: oporny — contemptuous of authority
• Polish: nieposłuszny — contemptuous of authority
• Polish: krnąbrny — contemptuous of authority
• Russian: непослу́шный (neposlúšnyj) — contemptuous of authority
• Russian: несгово́рчивый (nesgovórčivyj) — contemptuous of authority
• Spanish: insubordinado — contemptuous of authority
• Swedish: gensträvig — contemptuous of authority
• Turkish: itaatsiz — contemptuous of authority
• Ukrainian: непокі́рний (nepokírnyj) — contemptuous of authority
• French: contumace — in law, willfully disobedient
• Japanese: 服従しない (fukujūshinai) — in law, willfully disobedient
• Latin: contumax — in law, willfully disobedient
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulydig — in law, willfully disobedient
• Polish: oporny — in law, willfully disobedient
• Polish: nieposłuszny — in law, willfully disobedient
• Polish: krnąbrny — in law, willfully disobedient
• Spanish: contumaz — in law, willfully disobedient
• Swedish: tredskande — in law, willfully disobedient