"stiff-necked" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more stiff-necked [comparative], most stiff-necked [superlative]
Etymology: From stiff + neck + -ed. (figurative): Calque of Hebrew קשה ערף (Exodus 33). A biblical term similar to Swedish styvnackad, Ancient Greek σκληροτράχηλος (sklērotrákhēlos), Russian жестоковыйный (žestokovyjnyj), German halsstarrig etc. Etymology templates: {{af|en|stiff|neck|-ed}} stiff + neck + -ed, {{s|figurative}} (figurative):, {{clq|en|he|קשה ערף}} Calque of Hebrew קשה ערף, {{cog|sv|styvnackad}} Swedish styvnackad, {{cog|grc|σκληροτράχηλος}} Ancient Greek σκληροτράχηλος (sklērotrákhēlos), {{cog|ru|жестоковыйный}} Russian жестоковыйный (žestokovyjnyj), {{cog|de|halsstarrig}} German halsstarrig Head templates: {{en-adj}} stiff-necked (comparative more stiff-necked, superlative most stiff-necked)
  1. (literally) Having a stiff neck; suffering from torticollis Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-stiff-necked-en-adj-2F4qVo~u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ed, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 97 3
  2. (figuratively) Stubborn and arrogant. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Personality Translations (stubborn): σκληροτράχηλος (sklērotrákhēlos) (Ancient Greek), твърдоглав (tvǎrdoglav) (Bulgarian), hardnekkig (Dutch), malmolnuka (Esperanto), steifnackig (German), hartnäckig (German), קְשֵׁה עֹרֶף (qshe 'óref) (Hebrew), cruamhuineálach (Irish), contumax (Latin), упря́мый (uprjámyj) (Russian), жестоковы́йный (žestokovýjnyj) [rare] [biblical, religion, lifestyle] (Russian), rag-mhuinealach (Scottish Gaelic), styvnackad (Swedish), hårdnackad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-stiff-necked-en-adj-0xZHbwge Disambiguation of Personality: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'stubborn': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stiff-neckedly, stiff-neckedness

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "stubborn",
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      "sense": "stubborn",
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