hardnekkig.
stubborn, stiffnecked
Meaning & usage
stubborn, stiffnecked
Statenbijbel, Deuteronomy 9.13 (tr. 1635): Voorts sprak de HEERE tot mij, zeggende: Ik heb dit volk aangemerkt, en zie, het is een hardnekkig volk. Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.
persistent, lasting
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch hartnackich. Equivalent to hard (“hard”) + nek (“neck”) + -ig (“-y”), literally “having a hard neck”. Cognate with German hartnäckig. Compare halsstarrig.
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