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pertinacious

[ pur-tn-ey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.

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  2. stubborn or obstinate.

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  3. extremely or objectionably persistent:

    a pertinacious salesman from whom I could not escape.



pertinacious

/ ˌpɜːtɪˈnæsɪtɪ; ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. doggedly resolute in purpose or belief; unyielding
  2. stubbornly persistent
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Derived Forms

  • pertinacity, noun
  • ˌپˈԲdzܲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • t·Բcdzܲ· adverb
  • t·Բcdzܲ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pertinacious1

First recorded in 1620–30; pertinaci(ty) + -ous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pertinacious1

C17: from Latin پ, from per- (intensive) + ٱ clinging, from ٱŧ to hold
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It proved to be an extreme endurance test, and so it figures that James, the pertinacious King of the league, would carry the Los Angeles Lakers past all of the obstacles.

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Despite this, the pertinacious ranger does possess the precious commodity of self-knowledge.

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They are anything but a phlegmatic people, yet they are obdurate, they are pertinacious, they finish plastering joints.

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Second, we are an ingenious, resourceful and pertinacious species.

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The pertinacious meme that we would somehow benefit from eating more saturated fat, and thus its principal sources – meat, butter, cheese – is a product of misinterpretations of sequential answers to a series of dubious questions.

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