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stubbornness|ˈstʌbənnɪs|
[f. stubborn a. + -ness.]
The quality of being stubborn.
c1440Promp. Parv. 475/1 Styburnesse, austeritas, ferocitas. 1467–8Rolls of Parlt. V. 621/2 Because of the gretnesse and stobournesse of the same Wolle. 1530Palsgr. 277/2 Stubbernesse, contumace. 1535Coverdale Jer. xiii. 17 Yf ye wil not heare me..I will mourne fro my whole herte for youre stubburnesse. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. V, 56 b. Some for their stony stubbernes and mad obstinacy were adjudged to dye. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. ii. i. 19 Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornnesse of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a stile. 1680Moxon Mech. Exerc. x. 190 A thick String..having a strength and stubbornness proportionable to its size, it will not comply closely to a piece of Work of small Diameter. 1700Dryden To J. Dryden 185 Patriots, in Peace, assert the Peoples Right, With noble Stubbornness resisting Might. 1757Home Douglas iii. 31 Hard he seems And old in villainy. Permit us try His stubbornness against the torture's force. 1874Green Short Hist. iv. §1. 162 The Prince [Llewelyn] held out in Snowdon with the stubbornness of despair. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. II. vii. 402 They were endowed with a full share of Scotch stubbornness, jealousy and self-assertion. |