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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 con·tu·ma·cious /ˌkɑntuˈmeʃəs, tjuˈ, ʧəˈ/
 (a.)不聽命令的,頑固的,反抗法院命令的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·tu·ma·cious a.
 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
    There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.   --Hammond.
 2. Law Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
 Syn: -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.
  -- Con*tu*ma*cious*ly, adv. -- Con*tu*ma*cious*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 contumacious
      adj : wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous
            witness is subject to punishment"