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Word: Obdurate
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘hardened in sin, impenitent’): from Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare, from ob- ‘in opposition’ + durare ‘harden’ (from durus ‘hard’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɒbdjʊrət
Dialects: British English
Definition:
stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action
Short Definition:stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action
Examples:- I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate
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