contumacy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

/ˈkɒntjʊməsi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contumacy.wav

contumacy contumacies

From Latin contumācia, from contumāx (“refusing to appear in a court of law in disobedience of a summons; insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked”).

contumely Contumacy in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

contumacious contumaciously contumaciousness

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