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   Ob·du·rate

   /ˈäbd(y)ərət/

   

   adjective

   • 1. stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action: "I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘hardened in sin, impenitent’): from Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare, from ob- ‘in opposition’ + durare ‘harden’ (from durus ‘hard’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. obduracy noun
   • 2. obdurately adverb
   • 3. obdurateness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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