Re-frăc't'o-ri-ness, n.

n. [From refractory.] 1. The quality or condition of being refractory; perverse or sullen obstinacy in opposition or disobedience; resistance to management or treatment; unmanageableness. I never allowed any man's refractoriness against the privileges and orders of the house. K. Charles. 2. Difficulty of fusion or of yielding to the hammer; — said of metals.