The Word of the Day comes from GOLDEN STATE by Ben H. Winters. This novel has been shortlisted for the 2020 TOB.
CONTUMACIOUS
ADJECTIVE archaiclaw
(especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority. "his refusal to make child support payments was contumacious" synonyms: stubborn · headstrong · wilful · unyielding · inflexible · unbending · intransigent · intractable · obdurate · mulish · stubborn as a mule · pig-headed · bull-headed · self-willed · strong-minded · strong-willed · contrary · perverse · recalcitrant · refractory · uncooperative · unmanageable · cross-grained · stiff-necked · stiff · rigid · steely · iron-willed
ORIGIN late 16th century: from Latincontumax, contumac- (perhaps from con-‘with’ + tumere‘to swell’) + -ious.
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