obduracy
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Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
obduracy (plural obduracies)
- The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 2, act 2, sc. 2,
- Thou thinkest me as far in the devil's
book as thou and Falstaff for obduracy and
persistency.
- Thou thinkest me as far in the devil's
- 1713, Nehemiah Walter, A discourse concerning the wonderfulness of Christ, Eleazer Phillips (Boston), p. 156,
- It might also serve to condemn the obduracy and hard-heartedness of the Jews, who relented not, when even the earth trembled and the rocks rent.
- 1812, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Leaving London for Wales," ln 5-6,
- True mountain Liberty alone may heal
The pain which Custom's obduracies bring.
- True mountain Liberty alone may heal
- 2007, Simon Hughes, "Chanderpaul finally outwitted by master" Telegraph.co.uk, 20 June,
- Chanderpaul's obduracy might have broken lesser men, but Panesar more than matched him for relentlessness.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 2, act 2, sc. 2,
Related terms [edit]
- obdurate a
Translations [edit]
The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible
References [edit]
- “obduracy” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- obduracy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “obduracy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
