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calcitrant (adj.)
[calcitrant 词源字典]
1866, as if from Latin
calcitrantem
(nominative
calcitrans
) "kicking" (see
recalcitrant
). Pedantic humor; probably a back-formation.
[calcitrant etymology, calcitrant origin, 英语词源]
[calcitrant 词源字典]