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Contumacious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Contumacious has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

"a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"

2

Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.

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Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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