OBDURATIOUS ADJ. hardened against persuasion, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1672 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin obdurat- (hardened, stubborn) + -ious FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1672 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "... I had been guilty of an obduratious self-saving, and perfidious silence...." From: The Church told of Mr. Ed. Bagshaw's Scandals - Richard Baxter
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