obduredness
English
Alternative forms
- obdureness
Etymology
Noun
obduredness (uncountable)
- (obsolete, physical or figurative) hardness
- 1646, Joseph Hall, The Balm of Gilead:
- 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
References
- “obduredness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.