self-willed

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English selfe-willed, selwillyd, equivalent to self- +‎ willed. Compare Middle English onwille, anewil (“selfwilled, stubborn”), from Old English ānwille (literally “one-willed, one's own-willed, self-willed”). === Adjective === self-willed (comparative more self-willed, superlative most self-willed) Obstinate; strong-minded; unyielding to the desires, concern or opinions of others. 1948-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 25: But then Pen was different. Pen was a man. It seemed natural somehow that he should be self-willed and should have his own way. Possessing self-will; determined to pursue one's own desires or adhere to one's own opinion.. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === wellfields