refractious

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Adjective[edit]

refractious (comparative more refractious, superlative most refractious)

  1. (archaic) refractory
    • 1900, The Rosary Magazine, volume 16, page 366:
      Another example of brutal disregard of the most common promptings of nature, is that of a refractious son who was so incorrigible that his father condemned him to death.
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