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stub·born (stub′ərn)
adjective
- refusing to yield, obey, or comply; resisting doggedly or unreasonably; resolute or obstinate
- done or carried on in an obstinate or doggedly persistent manner a stubborn campaign
- hard to handle, treat, or deal with; intractable a stubborn cold
Etymology: ME stoburn, prob. < OE stubb, var. of stybb, stub
Related Forms:
- stubbornly stub′·bornly adverb
- stubbornness stub′·born·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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