Thursday, July 03, 2008

Word for the Day

obdurate |ˈäbd(y)ərit| adjective - stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. "Obdurate usually connotes a stubborn resistance marked by harshness and lack of feeling (: obdurate in ignoring their pleas)…"

- New Oxford American Dictionary

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where did this word of the day come from?

superlance said...

from Latin obduratus :P

Probably wasn't what you asked. How about this: I was reading online. Initially I wondered if it was a typo for obstinate, however that seemed a bit improbable and looked it up.