Hidebound
[HAHYD-bownd]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: English, 17th century
1.
Unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention.
Examples of Hidebound in a sentence
"With the exception of a few hidebound urban traditionalists, the whole city council voted to absorb the suburbs into the city limits."
"Despite several decades of advances in camping equipment, my hidebound uncle insists his 1970s mountaineering tools are still superior."
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