REFRACTORY
ADJECTIVES
1625 ► stubborn; refractory → RUSTY → obs.
1725 ► obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate → OBSTRAPULOUS → OBSTROPALOUS → OBSTROPILOUS → OBSTROPOLOUS → OBSTROPULOUS
1866 ► uproarious, refractory → RIPTORIOUS → Eng. dial.
1881 ► refractory, stubborn, unmanageable → RAFFATORY → RAFFERTORY → REFERTORY → REFFATORY → Eng. dial.
1929 ► cross-grained, refractory → ILL-TWARTENED → Sc.
1987 ► refractory; stubborn → HINKY → Amer. sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1719 ► a perverse or refractory person; a mischievous or lively boy → BUCKIE → BUCKY → Sc.
1905 ► a troublesome or refractory person or animal → ONMARK → Sc. (Bk.)
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