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refractory

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Adj — Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.

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From Latin refractārius (“obstinate”), from refrāctus, past participle of refringere (“to break up”). Originally refractary, refractarie, but reanalysed after other adjectives in -ory.

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