[ˈɒbdjʊrət], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action
(e.g: I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘hardened in sin, impenitent’): from Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare, from ob- ‘in opposition’ + durare ‘harden’ (from durus ‘hard’)