474. Obstinacy

1. Balmawhapple bullheaded, blundering Scotch laird. [Br. Lit.: Waverley ]
2. Deans, Davie stern and righteous Presbyterian. [Br. Lit.: The Heart of Midlothian ]
3. Gradgrind, Thomas rigid “man of realities.” [Br. Lit.: Hard Times ]
4. Grant, Ulysses S. (1822–1885) 18th U.S. president; nicknamed “Unconditional Surrender.” [Am. Hist.: Kane, 523]
5. Jorkins intractable, unyielding lawyer. [Br. Lit.: David Copperfield ]
6. Mistress Mary known for being “quite contrary.” [Nurs. Rhyme: Baring-Gould, 31]
7. mule symbol of obstinacy: “stubborn as a mule.” [Folklore: Jobes, 462]
8. Pharaoh refuses to heed Moses’s mandate from God. [O.T.: Exodus 7:13, 22–23, 8:32, 9:7, 12]

Obtuseness (See DIMWITTEDNESS .)

Oddness (See ECCENTRICITY .)

Oldness (See AGE, OLD .)

ob·sti·nate / ˈäbstənit/ • adj. stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so. ∎  (of an unwelcome phenomenon or situation) very difficult to change or overcome: the obstinate problem of unemployment.DERIVATIVES: ob·sti·na·cy / -nəsē/ n.ob·sti·nate·ly adv.

obstinate XIV. — L. obstinātus, pp. of obstināre persist, f. OB- + *-stan- (rel. to STAND); see -ATE2.
So obstinacy XIV.

Obstinacy

of buffaloes: a herd—Hare, 1939.