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rigidity
English
Etymology
rigid +? -ity, from Latin rigiditas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???d???d?ti/
Noun
rigidity (countable and uncountable, plural rigidities)
- The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
- The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
- Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
- (economics) stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
Synonyms
- rigidness
Antonyms
- flexibility
- ductility
- malleability
- softness
Translations
References
- rigidity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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obstinate
English
Alternative forms
- obstinant (proscribed)
Etymology
From Middle English obstinate, obstinat, from Latin obstin?tus, past participle of obstin? (“set one's mind firmly upon, resolve”), from ob (“before”) + *stinare, from stare (“to stand”). Doublet of ostinato.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??b.st?.n?t/, /??b.st?.n?t/
- (US) enPR: äb'st?n?t, IPA(key): /??b.st?.n?t/, /??b.st?.n?t/
- Hyphenation (US): ob?sti?nate
Adjective
obstinate (comparative more obstinate, superlative most obstinate)
- Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
- 1686, Montaigne, translated by Charles Cotton, "That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence of a fort that is not in reason to be defended",
- From this consideration it is that we have derived the custom, in times of war, to punish […] those who are obstinate to defend a place that by the rules of war is not tenable […]
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 21:
- […] the junior Osborne was quite as obstinate as the senior: when he wanted a thing, quite as firm in his resolution to get it; and quite as violent when angered, as his father in his most stern moments
- 1686, Montaigne, translated by Charles Cotton, "That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence of a fort that is not in reason to be defended",
- (of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.
- 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part IV, Chapter XXIX,
- Now it happened that Kasturbai […] had again begun getting haemorrhage, and the malady seemed to be obstinate.
- 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part IV, Chapter XXIX,
- (of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.
Synonyms
- (stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course): bloody-minded, persistent, stubborn, pertinacious, see also Thesaurus:obstinate
- (not easily subdued): persistent, unrelenting, inexorable
Derived terms
- obstinacy
- obstinately
- obstinateness
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- obstinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- obstinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- obstinate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- obestatin, obtainest
Latin
Participle
obstin?te
- vocative masculine singular of obstin?tus
References
- obstinate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obstinate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obstinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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