• (a.) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. • (a.) Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/contumacious/
Con`tu·ma'cious adjective [ Latin contumax , -acis . See Contumacy .] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. « There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner . ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/151