contumaz

From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”). Cognate with Spanish contumaz, Italian contumace, English contumacious.

• Hyphenation: con‧tu‧maz

contumaz m or f (plural contumazes)

1. obstinate, stubborn, insistent
2. (law) in contempt of court, contumacious
3. developing the habit of usually doing something

contumaz m or f by sense (plural contumazes)

1. obstinate, stubborn
2. (law) contempt of court

Borrowed from Latin contumācem (“stubborn, obstinate”). Cognate with Portuguese contumaz, Italian contumace, English contumacious.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kontuˈmaθ/ [kõn̪.t̪uˈmaθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kontuˈmas/ [kõn̪.t̪uˈmas]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: con‧tu‧maz

contumaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural contumaces)

1. obstinate, stubborn
   • 2015 October 30, ““No he sido absolutamente inocente nunca, ni siquiera de niña””, in El País‎:

     Melómana en constante reciclaje y colaboradora contumaz, desde Sonic Youth a Vetusta Morla o Nacho Vegas, a Christina la han comparado con Yoko Ono por alguno de los espasmódicos grititos que salpican Lo Nuestro, pero ella seguramente se sienta más próxima a Cristina Lliso, la que fuera vocalista de Esclarecidos.

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2. (medicine) diseased
3. (law) in contempt of court

• “contumaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014