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1. (adj.) pertinacious
holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
2. pertinacious
extremely or stubbornly persistent.
Etymology: (1620–30; < L pertināx, s. pertināc-)
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1. (adj) dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
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"
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1. (adj) pertinacious
holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar
2. (adj) pertinacious
resolute; persevering; constant; steady
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