pertinacious (redirected from pertinaciousness)

per·ti·na·cious  (pûrtn-shs)

adj.

1. Holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action.

2. Stubbornly or perversely persistent. See Synonyms at obstinate.

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[From Latin pertinx, pertinc- : per-, per- + tenx, tenacious (from tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots).]

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perti·nacious·ly adv.

perti·nacious·ness n.

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pertinacious

Adjective

1. doggedly resolute in purpose or belief

2. stubbornly persistent [Latin per- (intensive) + tenax clinging]

pertinacity n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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, unyielding, tenacious, persistent obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield