refractory
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Adj — Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
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Etymology
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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