stubbornness
English
Etymology
From stubborn + -nessCategory:English terms suffixed with -ness#STUBBORNNESS.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstʌbən(n)əs/Category:English 3-syllable words#STUBBORNNESSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#STUBBORNNESS
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstʌbɚn(n)əs/Category:English 3-syllable words#STUBBORNNESSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#STUBBORNNESS
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#STUBBORNNESSAudio (US): (file)
Noun
stubbornness (countable and uncountable, plural stubbornnesses)Category:English lemmas#STUBBORNNESSCategory:English nouns#STUBBORNNESSCategory:English uncountable nouns#STUBBORNNESSCategory:English countable nouns#STUBBORNNESSCategory:English countable nouns#STUBBORNNESSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#STUBBORNNESSCategory:Pages with entries#STUBBORNNESSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#STUBBORNNESS
- The state of being stubborn.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obstinacy
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 190, column 1:
- [H]appy is your Grace / That can tranſlate the ſtubbornneſſe of fortune / Into ſo quiet and ſo ſweet a ſtile.Category:English terms with quotations#STUBBORNNESS
- 2015 June 30, Eliott C. McLaughlin, “Despite same-sex marriage ruling, spasms of resistance persist”, in CNN:
- Brant Rios and Eos Parish have been dating five years and experienced their state’s stubbornness firsthand Friday when they were the first couple to arrive at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse to be wed – and were the first to be turned away.Category:English terms with quotations#STUBBORNNESS
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state of being stubborn
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