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   hidebound

   /ˈhʌɪdbaʊnd/

   adjective

   • 1. unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention: "they are working to change hidebound corporate cultures"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a noun denoting a malnourished condition of cattle): from hide2 + bound4. The earliest sense of the adjective (referring to cattle) was extended to emaciated human beings, and then applied figuratively in the sense ‘narrow in outlook’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • B

     3

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • D

     2

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