obduracy

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obduracy

/ˈɒb.dʊ.ɹə.si/ UK
/-djʊ-/ UK
/ˈɑbdʊɹəsi/ US
/-djʊ-/ US

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From obdur(ate) + -acy.

noun obduracies

The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible. By this hand thou, thinkeſt me as farre in the diuels booke, as thou and Falſtaffe, for obduracie and perſiſtancie, let the end trie the man, [...]

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noun The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible

Español	obstinación
Português	obstinação
Français	entêtement, obstination
Deutsch	Verstocktheit
Ελληνικά	σκληροκαρδία sklirokardía, πώρωση pórosi, ισχυρογνωμοσύνη ischyrognomosýni
Русский	упря́мство uprjámstvo

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@misc{obduracy_2026,
  title = {obduracy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/obduracy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}