Recalcitrant means obstinate and stubborn in a way that defies authority or established rules or guidelines. It can also refer to someone who is unreceptive to some type of treatment.
Synonyms for recalcitrant would be defiant, insubordinate or balky, wherease antonyms are compliant and obedient.
The word comes from Latin and was originally used to describe not people, but horses and mules who kicked. The Latin calx means heel.
Recalcitrant means obstinate and stubborn in a way that defies authority or established rules or guidelines. It can also refer to someone who is unreceptive to some type of treatment.
Synonyms for recalcitrant would be defiant, insubordinate or balky, wherease antonyms are compliant and obedient.
The word comes from Latin and was originally used to describe not people, but horses and mules who kicked. The Latin calx means heel.
The lines in this excerpt from Beowulf depict Heorot's qualities of elegance. This characteristic that was depicted in the lines from the excerpt is how Heorot was usually depicted: "the foremost of halls under heaven". Therefore, Heorot was extravagant and elegant.
