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gabbadost

gabbadost adjective: hard-headed, stubborn.

Adjective

gabbadost (not comparable)

  1. hard-headed, stubborn
    • My mother refuses to learn email. She's a little gabbadost.2018, Tony DiGerolamo, F*ck You, I'm Italian: Why We Italians Are Awesome, →ISBN

Origin of gabbadost

Corruption of Sicilian/Italian capatosta, meaning "stubborn", "with a thick skull", used in Italian-American English.

Questions about gabbadost

What does gabbadost mean?
Gabbadost means hard-headed, stubborn.
What part of speech is gabbadost?
Gabbadost is an adjective.

Words near gabbadost in the dictionary

  1. Gabay
  2. Gabays
  3. gabazine
  4. Gabb
  5. gabba
  6. gabbadost
  7. gabbagool
  8. gabbai
  9. gabbais
  10. gabbard
  11. Gabbard diagram

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