obduredness

English

Alternative forms

  • obdureness

Etymology

From obdured +‎ -ness.

Noun

obduredness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, physical or figurative) hardness
    • 1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC:
      the humble and true penitence of the one saved him out of thy hands; the obduredness and falseheartedness of the other gave him up as a prey to thy malice

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