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headstrong, a.|ˈhɛdstrɒŋ|
[f. head n.1 + strong a.; lit. strong of or in head.]
1. Of persons: Determined to have one's own way or to pursue one's own course; wilful, obstinate; violently self-willed.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xvi. (1495) 200 An euyl seruaunte and heedstronge settyth more by hymself than of his lorde. 1530Palsgr. 315/1 Heedstrong, selfe wylled, effronté, estourdi. 1590Greene Never too late (1600) 15 To tie a headstrong girle from loue, is to tie the Furies again in fetters. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. ix. 335 They were too stiff-necked and headstrong. 1720Gay Poems (1745) I. 172 The headstrong coursers tore the silver reins. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Char. Wks. (Bohn) II. 61 They are testy and headstrong through an excess of will and bias.
2. Of things, actions, etc.: Characterized by or proceeding from wilfulness or obstinacy.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. To Rdr., That none through any headstrong conceit should be wedded to private opinions. 1676Hale Contempl. i. 317 Commonly our own choice is headstrong and foolish. 1796H. Hunter tr. St. Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) II. 25 Dangerous and headstrong passions. 1871R. Ellis Catullus xv. 14 Should..humour headstrong Drive thee wilfully..to such profaning.
Hence ˈheadstrongly adv.
a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. xix. (1640) 224 He will head strongly like a madded beast runne on in his owne race. |