die-hard

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

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adj

noun

"And the kaleidescope ^([sic]) of distinctive colours sported by the spotlessly-maintained diesels of many different railways in the great Union stations of cities like Washington and St. Louis must have some thrills even for the most die-hard steam enthusiast."

Deverbal from die hard.

more die-hard (comparative) most die-hard (superlative) die-hards (plural)

rock-ribbed

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