pigheaded
pronunciation
How to pronounce pigheaded in British English:
UK ['pɪg'hedɪd]
How to pronounce pigheaded in American English:
US [ˈpɪɡˌhɛdɪd]
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- Adjective:
- obstinate and stupid
Word Origin
- pigheaded (adj.)
- also pig-headed; 1756, "having a head resembling a pig;" 1788 as "obstinate;" see pig (n.) + head (n.). Usually, but not always, figurative. A pig-headed man must be one, who, like a driven pig, always will do exactly the opposite to what other people--in the case of the pig his luckless driver--wish him to do, that is to say he is an obstinate man. ["The Sedberghian," June 1882]
Example
- 1. As in pigheaded , adulterous , liar married .