stubborn
nounEtymology From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn, of uncertain origin; one hypothesis is that it may be from Old English *stybbor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + -or (adjective-formation suffix, as in bitor, whence English bitter).
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Informal Stubbornness.
- But I have to say that one thing you inherited from your mother is a whole lot of stubborn.2003, Dana Stabenow, A Grave Denied, →ISBN, page 86:
- That takes a lot of stubborn for a seventy-something man.2014, Victoria Hamilton, Muffin But Murder, →ISBN:
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- Stubborn is not eating pizza out of a square pan because you know it won't taste as good as a round one. Stubborn is spending twelve thousand dollars to fix a five-hundred-dollar truck just because it's “your baby.”2016, Ken Robert Baugh, Just Passing Time, →ISBN:
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of stubborn disease (“a disease of citrus trees”).
- With evidence that the causal agent of stubborn is spread by insects, control or prevention of this disease will prove more difficult than formerly thought to be.1967, Walter Reuther, The Citrus Industry, Volume IV, →ISBN, page 129:
- Sectorial infection of stubborn could be stable for long periods, but may be manifested once the trees are severely pruned, this causing the system spread of S. citri to other non-infected parts.2012, Vincenzo Vacante, Uri Gerson, Integrated Control of Citrus Pests in the Mediterranean Region, →ISBN: