different between immovable vs contumacious

English

Alternative forms

• immoveable

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to im- +? movable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??mu?v?b(?)l/

Adjective

immovable (comparative more immovable, superlative most immovable)

1. incapable of being physically moved; fixed
2. steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 101:

     I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable.

3. not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive
   • 1690, John Dryden, Epistle Dedicatory to Don Sebastian

     How much happier is he […] who ent'ring on himself remains immovable, and smiles at the madness of the Dance

4. (law) not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed

Antonyms

• movable

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Noun

immovable (plural immovables)

1. that which can not be moved; something which is immovable

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References

• immovable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Latin contum?x (“stubborn, obstinate”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con?tu?ma?cious
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.tj??me?.??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??n.t??me?.??s/, /?k??n.tj??me?.??s/
• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

contumacious (comparative more contumacious, superlative most contumacious)

1. Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes” in The Poetical Works of John Milton, volume 4 (edited by Henry John Todd; published in 1801), page 505:

     The queen hears of it; takes occa?ion to pa??e wher he is, on purpo?e, that, under prætense of recon?iling to him, or ?eeking to draw a kind retractation from him of the cen?ure on the marriage; to which end ?he ?ends a courtier before, to ?ound whether he might be per?uaded to mitigate his ?entence; which not finding, ?he her?elf craftily a??ays; and, on his con?tancie, ?ounds an accu?ation to Herod of a contumacious affront, on ?uch a day, before many peers; præpares the king to ?ome pa??ion, and at la?t, by her daughter’s dancing, effects it.

   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, Book 2.V:

     In all places too are Dissident Priests; whom the Legislative will have to deal with: contumacious individuals, working on that angriest of passions; plotting, enlisting.

2. (law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.

Synonyms

• (contemptuous of authority): disobedient, insubordinate, obstinate, perverse, rebellious, stubborn

Related terms

• contumaciously
• contumaciousness
• contumacy
• contumely

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