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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Stiffneckedadjective
Stubborn; obstinate; contumacious.
Etymology: stiff and neck.
An infinite charge to her majesty, to send over such an army as should tread down all that standeth before them on foot, and lay on the ground all the stiffnecked. Edmund Spenser.
This stiffneck’d pride, nor art nor force can bend,
Nor high-flown hopes to reason’s lure descend. John Denham.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stiffnecked in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stiffnecked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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