Recalcitrant

adjective/ɹɪˈkæl.sɪ.tɹənt/character

Definition

Stubbornly resistant to authority, rules, or guidance.

Etymology

Borrowed from French récalcitrant, in derived from Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrantis, present participle of recalcitrō, recalcitrāre (“be disobedient, kick back [as a horse]”), from calx (“heel”), 1820s.

Synonyms

defiant, intractable, refractory

In a sentence

One recalcitrant vendor held up the migration.