hidebound


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hidebound/ˈhʌɪdbaʊnd/
adjective constrained by tradition or convention; narrow-minded.
– origin C16 (orig. referring to malnourished cattle, later extended to emaciated human beings, hence the sense ‘narrow in outlook’): from hide2 + bound4.
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