stiff-necked

[stif-nekt]
adjective
1.
having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
2.
haughty and obstinate; refractory.

Origin:
1520–30

stiff·neck·ed·ly [stif-nek-id-lee, -nekt-lee] , adverb
stiff·neck·ed·ness, noun


2. stubborn, obstinate, intractable, willful, pigheaded.
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stiff-necked
 
adj
haughtily stubborn or obstinate

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Stiff-necked is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
It is not in order for either side to be stiff-necked on this proposition.
If stiff-necked in receiving it may be asked to resign.
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