# self-willed

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
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..

## 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”).

## Source
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