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recalcitrant

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  1. unruly                
 
re.cal.ci.trant \-tr*nt\ aj [LL recalcitrant-, recalcitrans, prp. of 
   recalcitrare to be s]tubbornly disobedient, fr. L, to kick back, fr. re- + 
   calcitrare to kick, fr. calc-, calx heel - more at CALK 1: obstinately 
   defiant of authority or restraint  2: not responsive to handling or 
   treatment  - recalcitrant n