Found 1 items, similar to Contumaciousness.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Contumaciousness Contumacious \Con`tu*ma"cious\, a. [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [1913 Webster] There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. --Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. --Blackstone. Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n. [1913 Webster]