Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Intractable

Intractable , adjective

[Latin intractabilis: compare French intraitable, formerly also intractable. See In- not, and Tractable.]

Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.