contumacious
con·tu·ma·cious
adjective
1.
wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
- “a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment”
Origin
From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”) + -ious. By surface analysis, contum(ax) + -acious.
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