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pertinacious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pertinacious \Per`ti*na"cious\, a.[L. pertinax -acis; per + tenax tenacious. See {Per-}, and {Tenacious}.] 1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar. 2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady. Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious study. --South. Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute; determined; firm; constant; steady. -- {Per`ti*na"cious*ly}, adv -- {Per`ti*na"cious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pertinacious adj : stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: {bulldog}, {dogged}, {dour}, {tenacious}, {unyielding}]
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