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recalcitrant

adj.
US //ɹɪˈkæɫsɪtɹənt// UK //ɹɪkˈælsɪtɹənt// re·cal·ci·trant
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Origin

Borrowed from French récalcitrant, from Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrantis, present participle of recalcitrō, recalcitrāre (“be disobedient, kick back [as a horse]”), from calx (“heel”), 1820s.

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