CONTUMACIOUS
\kɒntjuːmˈe͡ɪʃəs], \kɒntjuːmˈeɪʃəs], \k_ɒ_n_t_j_uː_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\
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Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
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Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.
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Elizabeth Sara Sheppard
- An English novelist; born at Blackheath, 1830; died Brixton, March 13, 1862. She wrote noted "Charles Auchester"(1853), mystical art novel; "Counterparts, or the Cross of Love"(1854); "My First Season"(1855); "The Double Coronet"(1856); "Rumor", a musical and artistic novel(1858).