🔤 Contumacious (Adjective)

IPA: //ˌkɒntjuˈmeɪʃəs//

✨ Use contumacious when someone isn’t just breaking the rules—they’re boldly defying authority.

🧠 Meaning

Stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

✍️ Example Sentences

🔹 The contumacious witness refused to answer the judge’s questions.

🔹 Her contumacious behavior at school often landed her in detention.

📜 Word Origin

From Latin contumacia (“insolence, stubbornness”), from contumax (“rebellious, defiant”).

💡 Did You Know?

Contumacious is most often used in legal and formal contexts to describe defiance against orders or authority.

🏷️ Related Words

#defiant #rebellious #insubordinate #unruly #recalcitrant #obstinate

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