Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-FRACT'O-RI-NESS
RE-FRACT'O-RI-NESS, n. [from refractory.]
Perverse or sullen obstinacy in opposition or disobedience. I never allowed any man's refractoriness against the privileges and orders of the house. – K. Charles.
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