The Only Use of
obdurate
in
Great Expectations
- And seeing that Mr. Jaggers stood quite still and silent, and apparently quite obdurate, under this appeal, I turned to Wemmick, and said, "Wemmick, I know you to be a man with a gentle heart.†
Chpt 51
Definition:
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(obdurate) stubbornly persistent -- especially in wrongdoing
or more rarely (except in classic literature):
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings