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Definitions
Stubbornly resistant to authority or instruction.
Word origin
Borrowed from French récalcitrant, in derived from Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrantis, present participle of recalcitrō, recalcitrāre (“be disobedient, kick back [as a horse]”), from calx (“heel”), 1820s.
Used in a sentence
“His nimble fancy was recalcitrant to mental discipline.”
“There was something in her manner so reminiscent of the school teacher reprimanding a recalcitrant pupil that Mr. Snyder's sense of humor came to his rescue.”
“The incentive to this first-class performance was a 14 min. late start from Hellifield, due to a recalcitrant van door which could not be properly secured.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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