pigheaded

adj

pigheaded

adj

Etymology From Middle English pyge heddyde, equivalent to pig + headed.

1

Derogatory, Mildly Obstinate and stubborn to the point of stupidity.

"[…]I know yeh, yeh pig-headed devil. Yeh wanta go trompin' off with a bad hurt. It ain't right—now—Tom Jamison—it ain't.1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 105:

Derived terms: pigheadedly, pigheadedness
Related terms: pighead

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