contumacious

[prettygoodword]

contumacious - adj., stubbornly disobedient, willfully disobedient.


A word for a coworker with a toddler. Used since the 1590s, as adjectival form of contumacy, which had been around (as contumacie) since the last 12th century, from Latin contumācia, from contumāx, unyielding, stubborn, of uncertain etymology.

---L.

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[janni.livejournal.com]

A word from the category of "fun words to say aloud," for sure.