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per·ti·na·cious
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| 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. |
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per·ti·na·cious·ly, adverb
per·ti·na·cious·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. persevering. 2. dogged.
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[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 | |
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| 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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