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adjective
Hidebound  adj.  
1.
Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; said of an animal.
2.
(Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; said of trees.
3.
Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
4.
Niggardly; penurious. (Obs.)





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"Hidebound" Quotes from Famous Books



... finally satisfactorily arranged. Later, Sanin, not because he disapproves of the libertine officer's affair with his sister, but because he regards the officer as a blockhead, treats him with scant courtesy; and the officer, hidebound by convention, sees no way out but a challenge to a duel. The scene when the two brother officers bring the formal challenge to Sanin is the only scene in the novel marked by. genuine humour, and is also the only scene where we ...
— Essays on Russian Novelists • William Lyon Phelps


Words linked to "Hidebound" :   traditionalist, conservative


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