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Definitions for pertinacious
ˌpɜr tnˈeɪ ʃəsper·ti·na·cious
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Princeton's WordNet
dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyieldingadjective
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"
Wiktionary
pertinaciousadjective
Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
pertinaciousadjective
Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.
Etymology: From pertinax; per- ‘very’ + tenax ‘tenacious’.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pertinaciousadjective
Etymology: from pertinax.
One of the dissenters appeared to Dr. Sanderson to be so bold, so troublesome and illogical in the dispute, as forced him to say, that he had never met with a man of more pertinacious confidence and less abilities. Izaak Walton.
Diligence is a steady, constant and pertinacious study, that naturally leads the soul into the knowledge of that, which at first seemed locked up from it. Robert South, Sermons.
Webster Dictionary
Pertinaciousadjective
holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar
Pertinaciousadjective
resolute; persevering; constant; steady
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pertinacious
pėr-ti-nā′shus, adj. thoroughly tenacious: holding obstinately to an opinion or a purpose: obstinate: unyielding.—adv. Pertinā′ciously.—ns. Pertinā′ciousness; Pertinac′ity, quality of being pertinacious or unyielding: obstinacy: resoluteness. [Fr.,—L. pertinax, -acis, holding fast—per, thoroughly, tenax, tenacious—tenēre, to hold.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pertinacious in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pertinacious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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