Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - restive
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Restive
restive
adjective Etymology: Middle English restyf, from Anglo-French restif, from rester to stop, resist, remain Date: 15th century 1. stubbornly resisting control ; balky 2. marked by impatience or uneasiness ; fidgety Synonyms: see contrary • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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adj. 1 fidgety; restless. 2 (of a horse) refusing to advance, stubbornly standing still or moving backwards or sideways; jibbing; refractory. 3 (of a person) unmanageable; rejecting control. Derivatives restively adv. restiveness n. Etymology: ME f. OF restif -ive f. Rmc (as REST(2)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. норовистый (о лошади) 2. упрямый; настойчиво сопротивляющийся (чему-л.) he turned restive at the least attempt at coercion —- при малейшем принуждении он начинал упрямиться 3. беспокойный; нетерпеливый the crowd grew restive —- толпа пришла в движение; толпа стала проявлять нетерпение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
adj. 1) своенравный, упрямый (о человеке) 2) норовистый (о лошади) 3) беспокойный Syn: see unruly ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
If you are restive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied. (FORMAL) The audience grew restive. ADJ • restiveness There were signs of restiveness among the younger members. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj unable to keep still, especially because you are impatient or bored (The children were becoming restive from sitting at the dinner table so long.) - restively adv - restiveness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- c.1410, "not moving forward," from M.Fr. restif (fem. restive) "motionless," from rester "to remain" (see rest (2)). Sense of "unmanageable" (1687) evolved via notion of a horse refusing to go forward. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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