obdurate.
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
Meaning & usage
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
Physically hardened, toughened.
Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
Where this word comes from
First attested in the 1450s, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English obdurat(e), borrowed from Latin obdūrātus (“hardened”), perfect passive participle of obdūrō (“to harden”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ob- (“against”) + dūrō (“to harden, render hard”), from dūrus (“hard”). Compare durable, endure.
To harden; to obdure.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin obdūrātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more
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