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obdurate

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  1. inflexible            
 
ob.du.rate \'a:b-d(y)*-r*t; a:b-'d(y)u.r-*t, *b-, 'a:b-.\ aj [ME, fr. L 
   obduratus, pp. of obdurare to harden, fr. ob- agai]nst + durus hard - more 
   at DURING 1a: hardened in feelings  1b: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing 
    2: resistant to persuasion or softening influences : UNYIELDING  - 
   ob.du.rate.ly av