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insurgent
English
Etymology
From Latin ?nsurgentem, accusative singular of ?nsurg?ns, present active participle of ?nsurg? (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surg? (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + reg? (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?s??d?(?)nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?s??d??nt/
Adjective
insurgent (not comparable)
- Rebellious, opposing authority.
- 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic
- The insurgent provinces.
- 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic
Translations
Noun
insurgent (plural insurgents)
- One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
Translations
Anagrams
- retunings, unresting
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ?nsurgentem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ent
Noun
insurgent m (plural insurgents)
- insurgent
Related terms
- insurgència
Adjective
insurgent (masculine and feminine plural insurgents)
- insurgent
Further reading
- “insurgent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “insurgent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “insurgent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “insurgent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Verb
insurgent
- third-person plural present indicative of insurger
- third-person plural present subjunctive of insurger
Latin
Verb
?nsurgent
- third-person plural future active indicative of ?nsurg?
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refractory
English
Etymology
From Latin refract?rius (“obstinate”), from refractus, past participle of refringere (“to break up”). Originally refractary, refractarie, but reanalysed after other adjectives in -ory.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???f?æk.t??.i/
- Rhymes: -ækt??i
Adjective
refractory (comparative more refractory, superlative most refractory)
- Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
- Synonyms: (inanimates) contrary, fractious; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, Chapter 26,
- Mr. Weller knocked at the door, and after a pretty long interval—occupied by the party without, in whistling a tune, and by the party within, in persuading a refractory flat candle to allow itself to be lighted […]
- 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 8:
- For five minutes Pollyanna worked swiftly, deftly, combing a refractory curl into fluffiness, perking up a drooping ruffle at the neck, or shaking a pillow into plumpness so that the head might have a better pose. Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to tingle with a feeling perilously near to excitement.
- Not affected by great heat.
- Synonyms: heat-resistant, fireproof
- (medicine) Difficult to treat.
- 1949, Albert Fields and John Hoesley, "Neck and Shoulder Pain", Calif. Med., 70(6):478–482.,
- Many of the vague and refractory cases of neck and shoulder pain and of migraine may be due to cervical disc disease.
- 1990, H. A. Ring et al, "Vigabatrin: rational treatment for chronic epilepsy", J. Neurol. Neurosurg.Psychiatry, 53(12):1051–1055,
- In 33 adult patients with long standing refractory epilepsy on treatment with one or two standard anti-convulsant drugs,
- 1949, Albert Fields and John Hoesley, "Neck and Shoulder Pain", Calif. Med., 70(6):478–482.,
- (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.
- 1959, Nobusada Ishiko and Werner R. Loewenstein, "Electrical output of a receptor membrane", Science, 1959, 130:1405-6,
- The production of a generator potential leaves a refractory state in the receptor membrane […]
- 1970, S.S. Barold et al, "Chest wall stimulation in evaluation of patients with implanted ventricular-inhibited demand pacemakers", Br. Heart J., 32(6):783–789,
- The […] delivery of external stimuli […] delineates the pacemaker refractory period after the emission of a pacing stimulus and after the sensing of a spontaneous beat.
- 1959, Nobusada Ishiko and Werner R. Loewenstein, "Electrical output of a receptor membrane", Science, 1959, 130:1405-6,
Derived terms
Related terms
- refractive
- refraction
Translations
Noun
refractory (plural refractories)
- A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.
Translations
Further reading
- refractory at OneLook Dictionary Search
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