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Word: Recalcitrant
Speech Type: Adjective
late 18th century: from French récalcitrant or its source Latin recalcitrant- ‘kicking out with the heels’, from the verb recalcitrare, based on calx, calc- ‘heel’
rɪˈkalsɪtr(ə)nt
having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline
Short Definition:having obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline
Examples:- a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds
Word: Recalcitrant
Speech Type: Noun
rɪˈkalsɪtr(ə)nt
a person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude
Short Definition:person with recalcitrant attitude
Examples:- a stiff-necked recalcitrant and troublemaker
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