Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Intransigent \In*trans"i*gent\, a. [F. intransigeant (cf. Sp.
   intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an
   agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.]
   Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable. --Lond.
   Sat. Rev.

Source : WordNet®

intransigent
     adj : not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course;
           unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his
           refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable;
           she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an
           intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal
           tendancy" [syn: {adamant}, {adamantine}, {inexorable}]