muleheaded

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   stubbornly unwilling to change one's opinion or course of action

   His muleheaded refusal to read the instructions delayed the entire repair.

A compound of mule + headed. It draws on the long-standing stereotype of the mule as exceptionally stubborn, using -headed in the sense of having a particular mental disposition.

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