obstinate

== English == === Alternative forms === obstinant (proscribed) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English obstinat(e) (“obstinate, stubborn”), from Latin obstinātus, perfect passive participle of obstinō (“set one's mind firmly upon, resolve”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ob (“before”) + *stinare, from stare (“to stand”). Doublet of ostinato. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒb.stɪ.nət/, /ˈɒb.stɪ.nɪt/ (US) enPR: äb'stənət, IPA(key): /ˈɑb.stə.nət/, /ˈɑb.stə.nɪt/ Hyphenation (US): ob‧sti‧nate === Adjective === obstinate (comparative more obstinate, superlative most obstinate) Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent. (of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed. 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part IV, Chapter XXIX, Now it happened that Kasturbai […] had again begun getting haemorrhage, and the malady seemed to be obstinate. (of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving. ==== Synonyms ==== (stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course): bloody-minded, persistent, stubborn, pertinacious, see also Thesaurus:obstinate (not easily subdued): persistent, unrelenting, inexorable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “obstinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “obstinate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “obstinate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === obtainest, bastionet, obestatin, beats into == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔp.stɪˈnaː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ob.stiˈnaː.te] ==== Adverb ==== obstinātē (comparative obstinātius, superlative obstinātissimē) firmly, inflexibly, resolutely, obstinately === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔp.stɪˈnaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ob.stiˈnaː.te] ==== Participle ==== obstināte vocative masculine singular of obstinātus === References === “obstinate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obstinate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “obstinate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Verb === obstinate second-person singular voseo imperative of obstinar combined with te