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insubordinate

  • [ in < L. "not"]
adj. Not submissive to authority.

While the desperately hungry Oliver Twist says,"Please, sir, more" he is punished by the schoolmaster for what is considered insubordinate behavior.


ORDO,ORDINIS
< L. "order," "series," "row," "line"
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.----Mark Twain
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