Meanings
adjectiveobstinant (comparative more obstinant, superlative most obstinant)
comparative more obstinant · superlative most obstinant
- proscribedObstinate.
I was respected in PBG, but I was never liked. I was called upon to work; but I was never invited to socialize with the "in crowd," mainly composed of founders. Word got back to me that I was too obstinant.
1986, James Charles Roberts, “A Light That Failed”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 90
Origin
An alteration of obstinate, influenced by the ending -ant.
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obstinant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstinant
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Chicago
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