bullheaded

Etymology

bull + headed

adj

  1. Unreasonably stubborn.
    John was so bullheaded that he kept driving and refused to stop for directions, even after getting hopelessly lost.
    I know, my dear. I’ve lived with these bullheaded Sartorises for eighty years, and I’ll never give a single ghost of ’em the satisfaction of shedding a tear over him. What did Horace’s message say? 1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected Works of William Faulkner), London: Chatto & Windus, page 23

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