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Milton accents the U - obdúrate
I went to see a production of the Mikado at university ... with my Japanese girlfriend. That was an experience.
Ah, frindley, such memories. As elementary-schoolers, we put on a production of The Mikado and thought it was the grandest thing ever. :-)
"And if you remain callous and obdurate, I
Shall perish as he did, and you will know why,
Though I probably shall not exclaim as I die,
'Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!'"
– from "On a tree by a river a little tom-tit"
(Sung by Ko-Ko in The Mikado)
Hardened in wrongdoing or sin; stubbornly impenitent; resistant or insensible to moral influence.
Usage: The number of obdurate papists and Italianate atheists is great at this time. (1572)