headstrong








adjective

  1. determined to have one’s own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
  2. proceeding from or exhibiting willfulness: a headstrong course.

adjective

  1. self-willed; obstinate
  2. (of an action) heedless; rash
adj.

“determined to have one’s way,” late 14c., from head (n.) + strong. Cf. Old English heafodbald “impudent,” literally “head-bold.”

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