单词 | obstinance |
释义 | obstinancen. Obstinacy. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] obstination?1387 pertinacyc1390 obstinacya1393 thronessa1400 stubbornnessc1440 obstinance?a1475 durenessc1480 pertinacity?1504 stomacha1513 stiffness1526 tenacity1526 persistence1546 obstacleness1548 obstinateness1561 stiffneckedness1570 self-mindedness1574 intractability1579 persistency1600 obstinancy1614 contumacy1619 stomachfulness1621 tenaciousness1642 pertinaciousness1651 irresignation1657 peremptoriness1747 mulishness1763 strongheadedness1793 dourness1794 unmovableness1818 stoutheartedness1826 bullet-headednessa1849 stalwartism1879 camelishness1883 thick and thin1884 stupidity1886 jusqu'auboutisme1917 die-hardism1922 obstinative- ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 371 [He] was correcte..of an holy man..for his obstinaunce [L. obstinantia] or obstinacion. a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 829 in Poems (1899) 80 (MED) Ayainste wrathe & Ire is a remedy To remember, that it is nat leful Not to contynue in obstinance To be obeyed. c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 60 And he will not, I intend to shew his obstynance to the King. 1714 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus (ed. 3) II. viii. viii. 18 For if a Prince declares his Want To those whose Duty 'tis to grant, And they, thro' Obstinance, deny The Sov'reign Pow'r a due Supply. 1893 C. T. Lusted Stud., Poets 33 [He] called me a fool for my obstinance. 1938 Jrnl. Amer. Mil. Hist. Found. 2 168 To the mechanician who reads this volume the solidarity of the tactical mind may appear to be pure obstinance, jealousy and imprudence. 1987 B. Duffy World as I found It (1990) 108 Wittgenstein was rather pleased with the resolve, obstinance, spite or whatever it was making him stick by his decision to remain in England over the vacations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1475 |
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