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per·ti·na·cious    Audio Help   [pur-tn-ey-shuhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
2.stubborn or obstinate.
3.extremely or objectionably persistent: a pertinacious salesman from whom I could not escape.
[Origin: 1620–30; pertinaci(ty) + -ous]

—Related forms
per·ti·na·cious·ly, adverb
per·ti·na·cious·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. persevering. 2. dogged.
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per·ti·na·cious    Audio Help   (pûr'tn-ā'shəs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action.
  2. Stubbornly or perversely persistent. See Synonyms at obstinate.


[From Latin pertināx, pertināc- : per-, per- + tenāx, tenacious (from tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots).]

per'ti·na'cious·ly adv., per'ti·na'cious·ness n.
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pertinacious

adjective
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: dogged] 

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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.
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