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hidebound: Meaning and Definition of
hide•bound
Pronunciation: (hīd'bound"), [key]
— adj.
- narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
- oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative: a hidebound philosopher.
- (of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide.
See also:
- hidebound (Thesaurus)
