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单词 recalcitrate
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recalcitratev.

Brit. /rɪˈkalsɪtreɪt/, U.S. /rɪˈkælsɪtreɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin recalcitrāt-, recalcitrāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin recalcitrāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of recalcitrāre to kick out (Horace), to be refractory (Vetus Latina, Vulgate) < re- re- prefix + calcitrāre calcitrate v.
1.
a. intransitive. Originally: to kick out, to kick backwards. Later in extended use: to show vigorous opposition or resistance; to be obstinately disobedient or refractory.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (intransitive)] > with the foot > kick
spurnc1000
regibbe?c1225
potea1350
kickc1386
rependc1440
spur1590
recalcitrate1611
calcitrate1623
funkc1707
root1890
scissor-kick1921
1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vii. iv. 311 If an Asse or Colt kicke thee, wilt thou recalcitrate and spurne him againe?
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Recalcitrate, to kicke with the heele.
1713 C. Place Heretical Char. viii. 255 'Tis reckon'd a sure Sign of Obstinacy, when Men are impatient of Reprehension;..when they recalcitrate when touched.
1799 T. Swift Hear Him! 49 The great danger is..that the animal, like the poet's horse undique tutus, will recalcitrate.
1852 W. Wickenden Hunchback's Chest 258 Another was recalcitrating like a kicking horse.
1852 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 358/2 They heard, and recalcitrated, and showed something so like mettle, as to give meaning and emphasis to his words.
1906 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 5 Feb. They never recalcitrate when they are accused of dishonesty, lack of moral principle, tenderness to crime, and other odious things.
1981 Jrnl. Philos. 78 94 One might dig in one's heels—recalcitrate, in a word—and accept this démarche as a lesson rather in the scope and limits of the notion of linguistic convention.
1998 Africa News (Nexis) 19 Mar. He should keep his ears wide open and never recalcitrate in both decision-making and action.
b. intransitive. With against or at.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > be unsubmissive [verb (intransitive)] > be intractable or recalcitrant
to wince against the prickc1290
kicka1425
rejouncea1644
recalcitrate1647
to ride rusty1709
bolsh1921
non-cooperate1921
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist
withstandc950
to make debatea1375
repugna1382
resista1547
reluct1547
reluctate1640
recalcitrate1647
renite1647
to fight back1890
1647 J. Abbot Devout Rhapsodies i. i. 6 First do's the Synagogue recalcitrate Against this Progresse with intestine hate.
1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xxxiii. 140 Why then did the delicacy of Diogenes and Plato so recalcitrate against it?
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 563 Many good fellows..have recalcitrated against every proposal.
1852 W. S. Landor Wks. (1876) II. 126 Those who..recalcitrate at their caresses, they threaten with Tartarus.
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. I. i. iv. 53 Slothfulness always recalcitrates against an effort of mind.
1907 Manitoba (Winnipeg) Morning Free Press 13 Apr. 27/3 Most of the men who recalcitrate against style are men for whom style is out of the question.
1995 J. H. Lamb Rhetoric of Suffering ii. 32 He recalcitrates against the role of the good exemplar.
2. transitive. To kick, to kick against (something). Chiefly figurative. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by or as by a kick > back
recalcitrate1832
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xlii. 488 No wife recalcitrates the government of her husband whom she is presumed to have chosen and voluntarily to have pledged her faith to.
1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 745 When this man..was stopping the rock with his feet, to recalcitrate it upon the enemy.
1840 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 38/2 The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his kicks.

Derivatives

reˈcalcitrating adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant
unbuxoma1250
unbowsomec1290
sturdy13..
wildc1350
stubbornc1386
unbaina1400
stoutc1410
kimeta1450
staffish?a1513
untractable1538
intractable1545
sullen1577
restiff1578
indocile1603
resty1603
hot-mouthed1609
immorigerous1623
intractive1623
uncompliable1626
restivea1628
non-complying1649
uncompliant1659
incompliant1706
unobliging1707
recalcitrant1797
unbiddable1825
stocky1836
recalcitrary1861
calcitrant1866
non-cooperative1867
recalcitrating1870
ropeable1870
non-cooperating1895
bolshie1918
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > resisting
rebel1340
resisting?a1425
repugnantc1443
rebela1450
resistentc1450
obstant1486
resistanta1513
reluctant1604
renitent1604
resistive1605
resistful1614
outstandingc1650
withstanding1711
unamenable1771
recalcitrating1870
1719 J. Anderson Serm. Trone Church 5 Just as when a recalcitrating Horse..strikes back upon a pointed Instrument, he hurts indeed his own Hoof, but nothing else.
1828 Times 12 Dec. 4/2 The Junior Fellows submitted of course; but the scholars gave signs of recalcitrating, and openly asserted their right to be consulted.
1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent i. v. 129 Seeming to force, and to exult in forcing, a mystery upon recalcitrating minds.
1908 H. C. Lea Inquisition Spanish Dependencies vii. 325 Archbishop Loaiza showed a recalcitrating temper.
1922 A. V. Adams Amouretta Landscape 182 What do you mean by such—recalcitrating?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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