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intractable

English

Etymology

From in- +? tractable

Adjective

intractable (comparative more intractable, superlative most intractable)

  1. Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
  2. (mathematics) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved.
  3. (of a problem) Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage.
  4. (of a person) Stubborn; obstinate.
  5. (medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).

Derived terms

  • intractability
  • intractableness
  • intractably

Translations

References

  • intractable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • intractable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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obduracy

English

Etymology

From obdurate +? -cy.

Noun

obduracy (plural obduracies)

  1. The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.
    • 1713, Nehemiah Walter, A discourse concerning the wonderfulness of Christ, Eleazer Phillips (Boston), page 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.
    • 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.

Related terms

  • obdurate (adjective)

Translations

References

  • Webster, Noah (1828) , “obduracy”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
  • obduracy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • “obduracy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

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