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    [Noun]  | "con*tu*ma*cy" | \ kən-ˈtü-mə-sē \


    1: stubborn resistance to authority; specifically : willful contempt of court


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English contumacie, from Anglo-French, from Latin contumacia, from contumac-, contumax rebellious;

    [Noun]  | "contumacy" 


    1: refusal to obey;


      * e.g., " ... a rogue archbishop who was excommunicated on grounds of contumacy "





     [ "contumacious" ]

    1: willfully disobedient; defiant; purposely ignores direction or instruction

      * e.g.,  ... The teenager was utterly contumacious when he used his mother's favorite glass just because she told him to leave it alone. 

     [ "contumacious" ]

    1: extreme, especially related to a subculture or other nonconformist style.

      * e.g.,  ... "Have you seen Amber's contumacious new ducttape tutu?" 

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