Meanings
adjectiverefractious (comparative more refractious, superlative most refractious)
comparative more refractious · superlative most refractious
- archaicrefractory
Another example of brutal disregard of the most common promptings of nature, is that of a refractious son who was so incorrigible that his father condemned him to death.
1900, The Rosary Magazine, volume 16, page 366
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