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adjective

Hidebound adj.

Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; said of an animal.

(Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; said of trees.

Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.

Niggardly; penurious. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Hidebound'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hidebound" Quotes from Famous Books

... as soon as a member of a coterie could, he fell into line with an Academy, and became more academic than the rest. And even if a writer were in the advance guard or in the van of the army, he was almost always trammeled by his group and the ideas of his group. Some of them were hidebound by their academic Credo, others by their revolutionary Credo: and, when all was done, they both amounted ...

— Jean Christophe: In Paris - The Market-Place, Antoinette, The House • Romain Rolland

... prepare to be sacrificed, my lambs. Each of you will have to bear and forbear, and get used to the other's repulsive selfishness and hidebound eccentricities, to forego the sweet privacy and freedom of self-indulgence which have marked your innocent lives hitherto. When the glamour of young romance has faded, when the bloom is rubbed off ...

— A Pessimist - In Theory and Practice • Robert Timsol

Words linked to "Hidebound" : traditionalist, conservative