restive
Meaning
Adjective
- Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
- Resistant to control; stubborn.
- Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.
Origin
- Modification of earlier restiff, from Middle English restyf, from Old French restif, from rester, from Latin restÅ.
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