Meaning
1 sensesA person who is recalcitrant.
Dickkopf, Querulant, Trotzkopf
Examples
2 sentencesHe's a recalcitrant boy.
He is recalcitrant.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
A person who is recalcitrant:
Origin
Borrowed from French récalcitrant, in derived from Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrantis, preBorrowed from French récalcitrant, in derived from Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrantis, present participle of recalcitrō, recalcitrāre (“be disobedient, kick back [as a horse]”), from calx (“heel”), 1820s.
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