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contrary [contrary 词源字典]: contrary: [14] Contrary originated as a Latin adjectival formation based on the preposition contrā ‘against’, which historically was a derivative of com or cum ‘with’. Latin contrārius passed into English via Old French contraire and Anglo-Norman contrarie. Originally contrary was pronounced with the main stress on its middle syllable, but this survives only in the sense ‘obstinately self-willed’; from the 18th century onwards, the stress has usually been placed on the first syllable.
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argle (v.): 1580s "to argue obstinately," from argue, perhaps by influence of haggle. Reduplicated form argle-bargle (sometimes argy-bargy) "wrangling" is attested from 1872.
obstinate (adj.): mid-14c., from Latin obstinatus "resolute, resolved, determined, inflexible, stubborn," past participle of obstinare "persist, stand stubbornly, set one's mind on," from ob "by" (see ob-) + stinare (related to stare "stand") from PIE *ste-no-, from root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related: Obstinately.
opiniated (adj.): "obstinately attached to one's opinion," 1590s, past participle adjective from opiniate (from Latin opinio), a verb where now we use opine. Also see opinion.
recalcitrate (v.): "to kick out," 1620s, from Latin recalcitratus, past participle of recalcitrare (see recalcitrant). Sense of "resist obstinately" is from 1759. Related: Recalcitrated; recalcitrating.
opinionative: "Holding obstinately to one's own opinion; opinionated", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Andrew Borde (c1490–1549), physician and author. From opinionate + -ive; compare -ative.