The man spoke four languages so fluently he was mistaken for a native in each. But he was not a linguist. He was a polyglot. "One is an academic, one is a Swiss waiter," he remarked.
Saturday, March 5, 2005
cabochard - pig-headed, stubborn, têtu
Vous êtes tellement cabochardqu’on ne peut pas vous déconseiller.
You are so very pig-headed that one cannot disabuse you.
[This word comes from caboche, meaning head, which is probably related to the English word "cabbage."]
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