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English Dictionary: pertinacious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pertinacious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pertinacious adj 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" Synonym(s): dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pertinacious \Per`tina"cious\, a.[L. pertinax, -acis; per + tenax tenacious. See {Per-}, and {Tenacious}.] 1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious* plotters; a pertinacious beggar. 2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady. Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious study. --South. Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute; determined; firm; constant; steady. -- {Per`tina"ciously}, adv. -- {Per`tina"ciousness}, n.