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con·tu·ma·cious
/ˌkänto͝oˈmāSHəs/
adjectivearchaic•Law
adjective: contumacious
(especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
"his refusal to make child support payments was contumacious"
Origin
late 16th century: from Latin contumax, contumac- (perhaps from con- ‘with’ + tumere ‘to swell’) + -ious.
Use over time for: contumacious (ngram viewer showing declining use of 'contumacious' in English printed works over time)
Peak contumaciousness was in 1837 apparently 🤣
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