inflexibleness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From inflexible + -ness.
Noun
[edit]inflexibleness (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being inflexible
- Synonyms: inflexibility, rigidity, firmness
- Obstinacy of will or temper; firmness of purpose that will not yield to importunity or persuasion; unbending pertinacity.
References
[edit]- inflexibleness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “inflexibleness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.