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bullheaded

adj

Etymology

From bull + headed.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. suffixed as headed — “head + ed”
  7. compounded as bullheaded — “bull + headed”

Definitions

  1. Unreasonably stubborn.

    • John was so bullheaded that he kept driving and refused to stop for directions, even after getting hopelessly lost.
    • “I know, my dear. I’ve lived with these bullheaded Sartorises for eighty years, and I’ll never give a single ghost of ’em the satisfaction of shedding a tear over him. What did Horace’s message say?”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA