- contumac
- (L). Stubborn, haughty
Dictionary of word roots and combining forms . Donald J. Borror. 2013.
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contumaç — con|tu|maç Mot Agut Adjectiu invariable … Diccionari Català-Català
contumacy — noun Etymology: Middle English contumacie, from Anglo French, from Latin contumacia, from contumac , contumax rebellious Date: 13th century stubborn resistance to authority; specifically willful contempt of court … New Collegiate Dictionary
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,… … Universalium
AUDIENTIA — licet Latinum nomen sit (Cicero namque de Senect. c. 9. Audientiam sibi facere dixit) tamen Canonistae, ut pleraque alia, non apte loquuntur, Audientia causarum, Audientia literarum, Spiegelius apud Ioh. Calvinum Lexic. Iurid. Ita enim Extrav.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
contumacious — [ˌkɒntjʊ meɪʃəs] adjective archaic or Law stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority. Derivatives contumaciously adverb contumacy noun Origin C16: from L. contumax, contumac (perh. from con with + tumere to swell ) + ious … English new terms dictionary
contumacé — Contumacé, [contumac]ée. part. Ces mots, Contumax, Contumace, Contumacer, ne sont en usage que dans la Pratique … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
