Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intransigent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intransigent \In*trans"i*gent\, a. [F. intransigeant (cf. Sp.
intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an
agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.]
Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable. --Lond.
Sat. Rev.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intransigent
adj : not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course;
unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his
refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable;
she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an
intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal
tendancy" [syn: {adamant}, {adamantine}, {inexorable}]
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