| 释义 |
contumacy
/kon"too meuh see, -tyoo-/, n. , pl. contumacies.
stubborn perverseness or rebelliousness; willful and obstinate resistance or disobedience to authority.
[1150-1200; ME contumacie < L contumacia, equiv. to contumac-, s. of contumax unyielding, stubborn (con- CON- + -tum- of uncert. sense, though connected by classical authors with both contemnere to regard with CONTEMPT and tumere to swell) + -ax adj. suffix) + -ia -IA] |