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intransigent

adj.
US //ˌɪnˈtɹænsədʒənt// UK //ɪntɹˈænsɪdʒənt// in·tran·si·gent
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Origin

Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).

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