Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - recalcitrant
Recalcitrant
recalcitrant
adj. & n. --adj. 1 obstinately disobedient. 2 objecting to restraint. --n. a recalcitrant person. Derivatives recalcitrance n. recalcitrantly adv. Etymology: L recalcitrare (as RE-, calcitrare kick out with the heels f. calx calcis heel) RECALCULATE v.tr. calculate again. Derivatives recalculation n.
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adjective Etymology: Late Latin ~-, recalcitrans, present participle of recalcitrare to be stubbornly disobedient, from Latin, to kick back, from re+ calcitrare to kick, from calc-, calx heel Date: 1843 obstinately defiant of authority or restraint, 2. difficult to manage or operate, not responsive to treatment, resistant , see: unruly ~ noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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