Etymology

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Today it means: hard-headed, stubborn Full definition →

Italian capatosta
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromcapatosta
  2. English todaygabbadost

Corruption of Sicilian/Italian capatosta, meaning "stubborn", "with a thick skull", used in Italian-American English.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.