Stubborn

//ˈstʌbɚn// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.

    "People are pretty stubborn about their political beliefs, so why bother arguing?"

  2. 2
    Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
Adjective
  1. 1
    tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield wordnet
  2. 2
    not responding to treatment wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Stubbornness. informal, uncountable

    "But I have to say that one thing you inherited from your mother is a whole lot of stubborn."

  2. 2
    Ellipsis of stubborn disease (“a disease of citrus trees”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable

    "With evidence that the causal agent of stubborn is spread by insects, control or prevention of this disease will prove more difficult than formerly thought to be."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn, of uncertain origin; one hypothesis is that it may be from Old English *stybbor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + -or (adjective-formation suffix, as in bitor, whence English bitter).

Etymology 2

From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn, of uncertain origin; one hypothesis is that it may be from Old English *stybbor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + -or (adjective-formation suffix, as in bitor, whence English bitter).

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