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obdurate

adj
/ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt/UK/ˈɑbd(j)ʊɹɪt/US

Etymology

First attested in the 1450s, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English obdurat(e), borrowed from Latin obdūrātus (“hardened”), perfect passive participle of obdūrō (“to harden”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ob- (“against”) + dūrō (“to harden, render hard”), from dūrus (“hard”). Compare durable, endure.

  1. derived from obdūrātus
  2. inherited from obdurat

Definitions

  1. Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing

    Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.

    • […] sometimes the very custom of evil making the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary […]
    • Art thou obdurate, flintie, hard as ſteele? / Nay more then flint, for ſtone at raine relenteth: […]
    • […] round he throws his baleful eyes That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:

  2. Physically hardened, toughened.

    • The past is obdurate for the same reason a turtle's shell is obdurate: because the living flesh inside is tender and defenseless.

  3. Hardened against feeling

    Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.

    • I fear the gentleman to whom Miss Amelia's letters were addressed was rather an obdurate critic.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To harden

      To harden; to obdure.

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Derived

obduracy, obdurately, obdurateness, unobdurate

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