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refractary
† reˈfractary, a. and n. Obs. [ad. L. refractāri-us (Seneca) obstinate, stubborn: see refract v. and -ary1, and cf. F. réfractaire (16th c.). In the Earl of Stirling's Domesday (1614) x. xlii. the stressing is ˈrefractary: cf. the note to refractory.] A. adj. = refractory. (Common in 17th c.)1604 R.... Oxford English Dictionary
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refractariness
† 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 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Dámaso Berenguer
use of chemical weapons against civilians during the Rif War, stating in a telegram to the War Minister in August 1921 that "I have been obstinately refractary wikipedia.org
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refractory
refractory, a. and n. (rɪˈfræktərɪ) Also 7 -urie. [var. refractary, on anal. of adjs. in -ory2. ‘It is now accented on the first syllable, but by Shakespeare on the second’ Johnson (1755): cf. mod. dial. ˈrefertory, ˈrefatory, and see the note to refractary.] A. adj. 1. Stubborn, obstinate, perverse... Oxford English Dictionary
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Prehistoric Iberia
In contrast, most of the interior and the Mediterranean regions remain refractary to this phenomenon. wikipedia.org
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