Etymology

contumacious

con·tu·ma·cious
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Today it means: Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious. Full definition →

Latin contumāx
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcontumāx“stubborn, obstinate”
  2. English todaycontumacious

From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”) + -ious. By surface analysis, contum(ax) + -acious.

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