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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of obdurare 'to harden'

obdurate

 adjective
     
ob‧du‧rate formal
very determined not to change your beliefs, actions, or feelings, in a way that seems unreasonable [= stubborn]:
They argued, but he remained obdurate.
—obduracy noun [uncountable]
—obdurately adverb
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