Recalcitrance (noun)
re-kal-si-trans
An obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.
Mid 19th century from Latin recalcitrant- ‘kicking out with the heels’, from the verb recalcitrare, based on calx, calc- ‘heel’.
Example sentences
“I found her stubborn recalcitrance infuriating!”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
