Definition of pertinacious Pertinacious
per•ti•na•cious
We found 6 definitions of pertinacious from 4 different sources.
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What does pertinacious mean?
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| pertinacious - 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" | ||
| dogged, dour, persistent, tenacious, unyielding | ||
| stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pertinacious (a.)
Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar. - pertinacious (a.)
Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
