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.