{ "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "\u02c8st\u0259b\u0259rn" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/stubborn.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/stubborn.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/stubborn.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/stubborn.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn. Origin uncertain.\nOne theory is that the origin may come from *stybor, *stibor, from Old English stybb (\u201ca stump, stub\u201d) + adj. formative -or as in Old English bitor, English bitter." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.\nHe is pretty stubborn about his political beliefs, so why bother arguing?\nBlood can make a very stubborn stain on fabrics if not washed properly." }, { "mean": "Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(informal) Stubbornness.\n2003, Dana Stabenow, A Grave Denied, \u2192ISBN, page 86:But I have to say that one thing you inherited from your mother is a whole lot of stubborn.\n2014, Victoria Hamilton, Muffin But Murder, \u2192ISBN:That takes a lot of stubborn for a seventy-something man.\n2016, Ken Robert Baugh, Just Passing Time, \u2192ISBN: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 \u201cyour baby.\u201d" }, { "mean": "A disease of citrus trees characterized by stunted growth and misshapen fruit, caused by Spiroplasma citri.\n1966, Israel Journal of Botany - Volumes 15-17, page 131:The extremely low number of control plants infected by stubborn disease suggests that natural spread of stubborn in the vicinity of the experiments is much slower than that reported for psylla-borne greening in South Africa (Schwarz, 1964).\n1967, Walter Reuther, The Citrus Industry, Volume IV, \u2192ISBN, page 129: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.\n2012, Vincenzo Vacante & Uri Gerson, Integrated Control of Citrus Pests in the Mediterranean Region, \u2192ISBN: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." } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "\u201cstubborn\u201d, inWebster\u2019s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass. G. C. Merriam, 1913, \u2192OCLC.\n\u201cstubborn\u201d, inThe Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y. The Century Co., 1911, \u2192OCLC.\nstubborn at OneLook Dictionary Search\n\n\n\n\n -->\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=stubbornoldid=73519242\"\n\t\tCategories: English terms inherited from Middle EnglishEnglish terms derived from Middle EnglishEnglish terms with unknown etymologiesEnglish 2-syllable wordsEnglish terms with IPA pronunciationEnglish terms with audio linksRhymes:English/\u028cb\u0259(\u0279)nRhymes:English/\u028cb\u0259(\u0279)n/2 syllablesEnglish lemmasEnglish adjectivesEnglish terms with usage examplesEnglish nounsEnglish uncountable nounsEnglish informal termsEnglish terms with quotationsen:PersonalityHidden categories: Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated onesTerms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones/asTerms with redundant transliterationsTerms with redundant transliterations/yueTerms with redundant transliterations/cmnRequests for translations into LatvianRequests for translations into ThaiEntries using missing taxonomic name (species)\n\t\n\n\n\n\tNavigation menu\n\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tPersonal tools\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tNot logged inTalkContributionsCreate accountLog in\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tNamespaces\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tEntryDiscussion\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\tEnglish\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tViews\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tReadEditHistory\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\tMore\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\tSearch\n\t\n\t\t
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