Stubbornness, 1) obstinacy, contumacy: “to persever in obstinate condolement is a course of impious s.” Hml. I, 2, 94.
2) roughness, harshness: “translate the s. of fortune into so quiet and so sweet a style,” As II, 1, 19. “even his s., his checks, his frowns . . . have grace and favour in them,” Oth. IV, 3, 20.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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