inflexibleness
English
Etymology
From inflexible + -ness.
Noun
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
- Noah Webster (1828) “inflexibleness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
- “inflexibleness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.