From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Obstinate \Ob"sti*nate\, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare
to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see
Ob-) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See Stand,
and cf. Destine.]
1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course;
persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other
means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying
unreasonableness.
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I have known great cures done by obstinate
resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W.
Temple.
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No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope.
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Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth.
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2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate
fever; obstinate obstructions.
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Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious;
persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding;
refractory; contumacious. See Stubborn.
[1913 Webster] -- Ob"sti*nate*ly, adv. --
Ob"sti*nate*ness, n.
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