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CONTUMACITY
Definition of CONTUMACITY
noun
Alternative form of contumacy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English contumacite, from Old French contumacité, from Latin contumācia (“stubbornness, insolence, firmness”), from Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”). By surface analysis, contum(ax) + -acity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,276)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONTUMACITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CONTUMACITY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACCIMNOTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and T appear more than once.
Words that start CONTUMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTUMACITY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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