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Meaning of 'pertinacious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pertinacious [ a.]
- Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
- Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.

Meaning of 'pertinacious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pertinacious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- stubbornly unyielding
Example in sentence:
  • a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it;
  • dogged persistence;
  • dour determination;
  • men tenacious of opinion;
  • the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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