English
Noun
en-noun|obdurac|ies
- The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.
Quotations
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1500s=1598|
1700s=1713|
1800s=1812 1876 1884|
1900s=1953|
2000s=2007
1598, w:William_Shakespeare|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.
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, w:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley|Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Leaving London for Wales," ln 5-6,
:True mountain Liberty alone may heal
:The pain which Custom's obduracies bring.
1876, w:Anthony_Trollope|Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister, ch. 53,
:He did not even yet know the obduracy and cleverness and the impregnability of his son-in-law.
1884, w:Edward_Payson_Roe|Edward Payson Roe, A Young Girl's Wooing, ch. 15,
:The moment she jeopardized his prestige before the world, or interfered with his scheme of success, she would meet rock-like obduracy.
1953, "The World: Stalemate on Austria," New York Times, 2 Aug, p. E2,
:Negotiations long ago reached the point where only Russian obduracy barred agreement.
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 pos_a
References
R:Webster 1828
R:Webster 1913|obduracy
R:Dictionary.com|obduracy
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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