contumacity

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English contumacite, from Old French contumacité, from Latin contumācia (“stubbornness, insolence, firmness”), from Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”). By surface analysis, contum(ax) +‎ -acity. === Noun === contumacity (usually uncountable, plural contumacities) Alternative form of contumacy.