Mutinous

//ˈmjuːtɪnəs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Likely to commit mutiny.

    "[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]"

  2. 2
    Of, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny.
Adjective
  1. 1
    consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny wordnet
  2. 2
    disposed to or in a state of mutiny wordnet

Example

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"[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]"

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