See Also: pajaroello(medicine)

obdurate (oh) and pajaroello (medicine)


obdurate (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of obdurare 'to harden']
very determined not to change your beliefs, actions, or feelings, in a way that seems unreasonable
-synonym stubborn stubborn
::They argued, but he remained obdurate.
-- obduracy n [U]
-- obdurately adv

pajaroello (medicine)


pajaroello


Synonym: Ornithodoros coriaceus.

Origin: Am. Sp. Pajahuello, fr. Sp. Paja, straw, + huello, undersurface of hoof