单词 | recalcitration |
释义 | recalcitrationn. The action of recalcitrate v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance witherOE wiþerstrencþc1175 withstanding1303 resistancea1325 gainstandinga1340 withsetting1340 resistencec1390 again-standingc1400 resisting1436 repugnance?a1439 gainstandc1470 disstandingc1485 against-standinga1500 repugnancya1500 resist1535 objection1543 reluctation1593 resistment1605 rebeck1609 reluctance1609 reluctancy1613 obluctation1615 redaction1621 resistencya1623 obstrigillation1623 resistal1631 resistancy1656 recalcitration1658 stemc1700 calcitration1867 push-back1984 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Recalcitration, a striking back with the heel. 1678 T. Jones Of Heart & Soveraign 364 With unevangelical revenge, and recalcitration, after fair eviction. 1713 C. Place Heretical Char. x. 274 Prosecuting his Cause absolutely too eagerly; and too far by indecent Recalcitrations, upon being admonished and reprimanded by the Archbishops. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 84 These symptoms of recalcitration. 1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome viii. 415 The hard battle which they had daily to maintain with the recalcitration of the proprietor and the extortion of the treasury. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope ii. 46 One cannot read Addison's praises without a certain recalcitration. 1920 M. R. Fernald et al. Study of Women Delinquents in N.Y. State iv. 47 On the whole, however, we fared very well in this matter of recalcitration. 1977 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 3 Jan. 8/1 A peanut butter jar whose lid will not budge, or a bottle of olives in the same state of recalcitration. 2006 Clean Air Rep. (Nexis) 28 Dec. The court may well see this as evidence of agency recalcitration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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