unresignedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈzʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈzaɪnd/ Not resigned.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective]
starkOE
moodyOE
stithc1000
stidyc1175
stallc1275
harda1382
stubbornc1386
obstinate?1387
throa1400
hard nolleda1425
obstinant?a1425
pertinacec1425
stablec1440
dour1488
unresigned1497
difficultc1503
hard-necked1530
pertinatec1534
obstacle1535
stout-stomached1549
hard-faced1567
stunt1581
hard-headed1583
pertinacious1583
stuntly1583
peremptory1589
stomachous1590
mulish1600
stomachful1600
obstined1606
restive1633
obstinacious1649
opinionated1649
tenacious1656
iron-sided1659
sturdy1664
cat-witted1672
obstinated1672
unyielding1677
ruggish1688
bullet-headed1699
tough1780
pelsy1785
stupid1788
hard-set1818
thick and thin1822
stuntya1825
rigwiddie1826
indomitable1830
recalcitrant1830
set1848
mule-headed1870
muley1871
capitose1881
hard-nosed1917
tight1928
1497–8 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 106 The sadis landis unresignit be him.
a1633 G. More Holy Pract. Devine Lover (1657) 11 Contrarie to the proprietarious or vnresigned will of our corrupt nature.
1691 E. Taylor J. Böhme's Theosophick Philos. 111 Yet was Cain a Worshipper with an Evil Heart; that is, an unresigned Spirit.
1731 B. Grosvenor Mourner ix. 93 Not only the Miseries of this Life, but the eternal Miseries of the Life to come, are owing to this unresigned Self-will.
1847 G. Aguilar Home Infl. I. ii. ii. 111 Emmeline..assumed her still unresigned privilege, as the youngest and tiniest, to quietly slip in her lap.
1920 F. S. Fitzgerald Flappers & Philosophers 221 These things did not save him a final, unresigned sigh when he realized that he had to go to work—right away.
1999 Threepenny Rev. Autumn 24/1 These late portraits..are magnificently both unresigned and uncomplaining.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1497