Word of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2009
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hidebound \HAHYD-bound\, adjective:
hidebound \HAHYD-bound\, adjective:
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narrow-minded and stubborn
narrow-minded and stubborn
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The laughable aspect of the B.O.'s liberal socialist agenda is that it is not, as he claims, fair and open minded, but rather a hardcore hidebound mentality!
The laughable aspect of the B.O.'s liberal socialist agenda is that it is not, as he claims, fair and open minded, but rather a hardcore hidebound mentality!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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by 1559, from hide "cattle skin" + past tense of bind. Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of "restricted by narrow attitudes" is first recorded 1603.
by 1559, from hide "cattle skin" + past tense of bind. Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of "restricted by narrow attitudes" is first recorded 1603.
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