† reˈfractariness Obs.
[f. refractary a. + -ness.]
= refractoriness.
| 1624 Donne Devot. (ed. 2) 80 Take from me, O Lord, her peruersenesse, her wilfulnesse, her refractarinesse. 1636 Chas. I in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 320 May not the Kings..by Law compel the doing thereof in case of Refusal or Refractariness? 1693 Locke Educ. 85 She had..by her unprevailing Blows only confirmed her refractariness. |