rebelsome

English

Etymology

From rebel +‎ -some.

Adjective

rebelsome (comparative more rebelsome, superlative most rebelsome)

1. Characteristic of a rebel; marked by rebellion or rebelliousness
   • 1836, Frances Milton Trollope, The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw:

     "[...] The varmint know the valy of their lives, and 'tis that makes 'em so malignant and rebelsome."

   • 2010, Alan Richardson, On Winsley Hill:

     The depredations of the age and its lack of discipline, the ill work of the rebelsome drunken youth was made good again as each stone was fitted roughly where it had gone before.