contumacious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/    美 /ˌkɑːn.tʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/|/ˌkɑːn.tjəˈmeɪ.ʃəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
    — […] and, on his conſtancie, ſounds an accuſation to Herod of a contumacious affront, on ſuch a day, before many peers; præpares the king to ſome paſſion, and at laſt, by her daughter’s dancing, effects it.
  2. Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.

词形变化

more contumacious comparative most contumacious superlative

词汇关系

相关词
contumaciously contumaciousness contumacy contumely contumelious

词源

From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”) + -ious.
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