Obdurate
/ˈɒb.djʊ.rət/noun
Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
Did you know?Obdurate entered English through Latin *obduratus*, a past participle meaning “hardened,” and its core image is not evil magic but something far colder: a will made stone-like.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*der-
“To hold firm, be hard, or be strong.”
Latin
Latin
dūrāre
“To harden, make firm, or last.”
Latin
Latin
obdūrāre
“To harden against; to persist stubbornly.”
Late Latin
LL
obdurātus
“Hardened; made stubborn.”
Middle English
English
obdurat(e)
“Hardened in feeling or will; stubbornly resistant.”
Modern English
English
obdurate
“Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.”