释义 |
ˈheadstrongness [f. headstrong + -ness.] The quality or condition of being headstrong; wilfulness, obstinacy.
1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis v. iii. 339 The head⁓strongnesse of any bad men. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. xcviii. 483 A little sort of perverseness and head⁓strongness. 1867R. Palmer Life P. Howard 131 He followed out his views with a headstrongness that wrought great troubles. |