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obdurate

ob·du·rate

UK/ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt/ US/ˈɒbdjʊɹɪt/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

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showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

  • “the child”
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Origin

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.

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