[ob.du.rate] adj [ME, fr. L obduratus, pp. of obdurare to harden, fr. ob- against + durus hard--more at during] (15c) 1 a: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing b: hardened in feelings
2: resistant to persuasion or softening influences syn see inflexible -- ob.du.rate.ly adv -- ob.du.rate.ness n