English Explanatory Dictionary

self-willed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Obstinate; strong-minded; unyielding to the desires, concern or opinions of others.
  2. Possessing self-will; determined to pursue one's own desires or adhere to one's own opinion..

Word forms

self-willed more self-willed most self-willed

Etymology

From Middle English selfe-willed, selwillyd, equivalent to self- + willed. Compare Middle English onwille, anewil (“selfwilled, stubborn”), from Old English ānwille (literally “one-willed, one's own-willed, self-willed”).

Derived words

self-willedly self-willedness
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