headstrong
Etymology

From Middle English heedstrong, equivalent to head + strong.

Adjective

headstrong

  1. Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
    He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.
    • 1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC ↗, Act III, scene iii, page 52 ↗:
      O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
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