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contumaciousness

contumaciousness noun: the property of being contumacious.

Noun

contumaciousness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being contumacious.

Origin of contumaciousness

From contumacious + -ness.

Questions about contumaciousness

What does contumaciousness mean?
Contumaciousness means the property of being contumacious.
What part of speech is contumaciousness?
Contumaciousness is a noun.

Words near contumaciousness in the dictionary

  1. contubernial
  2. contubernium
  3. contumacies
  4. contumacious
  5. contumaciously
  6. contumaciousness
  7. contumacities
  8. contumacity
  9. contumacy
  10. contumatious
  11. contumatiously

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