intransigent. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

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intransigent

SYLLABICATION:	in·tran·si·gent
PRONUNCIATION:	n-trns-jnt, -z-
VARIANT FORMS:	also in·tran·si·geant
ADJECTIVE:	Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.
ETYMOLOGY:	French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente : in-, not (from Latin; see in–¹) + transigente, present participle of transigir, to compromise (from Latin trnsigere, to come to an agreement ( trns-, trans- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:	in·transi·gence, in·transi·gen·cy —NOUN in·transi·gent —NOUN in·transi·gent·ly —ADVERB


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