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Definition of Contumacious
1. Adjective. Wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient. "A contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"
Definition of Contumacious
1. a. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
Definition of Contumacious
1. Adjective. Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious. ¹
2. Adjective. (legal) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contumacious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contumacious
Literary usage of Contumacious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... but contumacy does uot express so much as rebellion: the contumacious resist
only occasionally ; the rebel resists systematically : the contumacious ..."
2. The Law of Collateral Attack on Judicial Proceedings by John McKee Van Fleet (1892)
"Clerk, contumacious.—An Illinois statute provided that the court of county ...
According to the opinion of the majority, a contumacious clerk could block ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... two dependent kingdoms, he soon felt that a country is unsubdued as long as
the minds of the people are actuated by an hostile and contumacious spirit. ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"[2] That the contumacious refusal of a witness to testify may so directly obstruct
a court In the performance of its duty as to Justify punishment for ..."
5. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... enters Madrid—contumacious conduct of Galluzzo—Disputes between Blake and
Cuesta—Dilatory conduct of the ..."
6. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"These summoned queen Katharine to appear before them, full fifteen days together,
on whose refusal they not only adjudged her contumacious, ..."
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