Dagens glosa

Contumacious

PRONUNCIATION:
(KON-tuh-may-shuhs, -tyoo-)

MEANING:
adjective: Stubborn, insubordinate.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin contumacia, from contumax, contumac- (insolent).

USAGE:
"Without the disciplining presence of the two heavyweights, contumacious councillors busied themselves with procedural obstruction and shouting 'corruption' at each other."Tehran's Municipal Politics; The Economist (London, UK); Jan 25, 2003.

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