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Definition of Mulishness
1. Noun. The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome.
Generic synonyms: Intractability, Intractableness
Derivative terms: Stubborn, Stubborn
Definition of Mulishness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being mulish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mulishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mulishness
Literary usage of Mulishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems by James Clarence Mangan, John Mitchel (1859)
"Here is the gist of their mystified pages, Here is the wisdom we purchase with
gold— Children of Light, leave the world to its mulishness, Things to their ..."
2. Anthologia Germanica =: German Anthology : a Series of Translations from the by James Clarence Mangan (1845)
"... Children of Light, leave the world to its mulishness, Things to their natures,
and fools to their foolishness; Berries were Utter in forests of old. ..."
3. The Crime by Richard Grelling (1917)
"From the side of the German Government, and of their official defenders, this
mulishness on the part of Austria cannot, however, be regarded as a reason for ..."
4. Poems by James Clarence Mangan, John Mitchel (1859)
"Here is the gist of their mystified pages, Here is the wisdom we purchase with
gold— Children of Light, leave the world to its mulishness, Things to their ..."
5. Anthologia Germanica =: German Anthology : a Series of Translations from the by James Clarence Mangan (1845)
"... Children of Light, leave the world to its mulishness, Things to their natures,
and fools to their foolishness; Berries were Utter in forests of old. ..."
6. The Crime by Richard Grelling (1917)
"From the side of the German Government, and of their official defenders, this
mulishness on the part of Austria cannot, however, be regarded as a reason for ..."