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obdurate
English
Etymology
Mid-15th century, from Latin obduratus (“hardened”), form of obd?r? (“harden”), from ob- (“against”) + d?r? (“harden, render hard”), from durus (“hard”). Compare durable, endure.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??bd????t/, /??bdj???t/, /??bd????t/, /-?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??bd(j)???t/, /??bd(j)???t/, /-?t/
- Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.
Adjective
obdurate (comparative more obdurate, superlative most obdurate)
- Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
- 1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book I:
- ... sometimes the very custom of evil making the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary ...
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act I, sc. 4:
- Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel,
- Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 56–8
- ... round he throws his baleful eyes
- That witness'd huge affliction and dismay
- Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:
- 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 4, stanza 9, lines 1486-7:
- But custom maketh blind and obdurate
- The loftiest hearts.
- 1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book I:
- (obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened.
- Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 13:
- I fear the gentleman to whom Miss Amelia's letters were addressed was rather an obdurate critic.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 13:
Synonyms
- (stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing): hardened, hard-hearted, impertinent, intractable, unrepentant, unyielding, recalcitrant
Derived terms
- obduracy
Related terms
- durable, duration
- endure, endurance, enduring
Translations
Verb
obdurate (third-person singular simple present obdurates, present participle obdurating, simple past and past participle obdurated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To harden; to obdure.
References
Anagrams
- taboured
Latin
Verb
obd?r?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of obd?r?
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rebellious
English
Alternative forms
- rebellous (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English rebellious; equivalent to rebel +? -ious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???b?li?s/, /???b?lj?s/
- Rhymes: -?li?s
- Hyphenation: re?bel?lious
Adjective
rebellious (comparative more rebellious, superlative most rebellious)
- Showing rebellion.
Synonyms
- defiant
- restive
Antonyms
- docile
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- rebellous, rebellyus, rebellouse
Etymology
From rebellen +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??b?liu?s/, /r??b?lju?s/, /r??b?lu?s/, /r??b?lius/, /r??b?ljus/, /r??b?lus/
Adjective
rebellious (Late Middle English)
- Refusing to submit to authorities; rebellious.
Descendants
- English: rebellious
References
- “rebelli?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.
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