intransigent
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/
The English word “intransigent” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.
noun
- A person who is intransigent.
Etymology
Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).
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More English words
- intransgressible
- intransient
- intransigence
- intransigency
- intransigentism
- intransigentist
- intransigently
- intransitable
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