DISOBEDIENCE, DISOBEDIENT
ADJECTIVES
► DISOBEISANT disobedient, not submissive → c1381 obs.
► GAINSAYING stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority → 1489
► HARD OF HEARING disobedient, undisciplined → 1973 Trinidad and Tobago
► IMMORIGEROUS disobedient, rebellious; unyielding, obstinate → 1623 obs.
► INOBEDIENT disobedient → 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ORNERY disobedient, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, unmanageable, obstinate, ill-tempered → 1862 Amer. dial.
► RADICAL disobedient → 19C Eng. dial.
► TANKERSOME disobedient, unruly, misbehaving → 1969 Amer. dial.
► UNBAIN disobedient, not ready or willing → a1300 obs.
► UNBELIEVING disobedient, unruly, obstinate, heedless → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNBUXOM disobedient, not submissive or compliant → a1250 obs.
► UNFORBIDDEN disobedient, unrestrained, unruly, spoiled, troublesome → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► ADAM’S SIN disobedience → 1922 (Bk.)
► CONTUMACY 1. perverse and obstinate resistance of or disobedience to authority; rebellious stubbornness → 1386
2. wilful disobedience → 1726
► CONTUMATION perverse and obstinate resistance of or disobedience to authority; rebellious stubbornness → 1618 obs.
► UNBUXOMHEAD disobedience → c1250 obs.
► UNBUXOMNESS disobedience, obstinacy → a1300 obs.
► UNHERSUMNESS disobedience → c1200 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANKLE-BITER a disobedient or unruly child → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DISOBEISANT a disobedient person; a rebel → 1542 obs.
► HELLCAT a disobedient, misbehaving child → 1965 Amer. dial.