Con`tu*ma"cious (?), a. [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.]
1.
Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.
Hammond.
2. Law
Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.
Blackstone.
Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.
-- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n.
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