Con`tu*ma"cious (?), a. [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.]

1.

Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.

There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond.

2. Law

Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.

Blackstone.

Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.

-- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n.

 

© Webster 1913.

Log in or register to write something here or to contact authors.