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pertinacious

[pur-tn-ey-shuhs] / ˌpɜr tnˈeɪ ʃəs /


ADJECTIVE
obstinate
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Pertinacious, he tried other methods, and four years later perfected.

From Time Magazine Archive

THRAINN, the Pertinacious; from the v. thra, to desire vehemently.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

House of Commons, Monday, January 10th.—In spite of sharp rebuke administered by Speaker last week the Pertinacious Pringle to the fore again—to be precise, to the Forward.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Pertinacious, pėr-ti-nā′shus, adj. thoroughly tenacious: holding obstinately to an opinion or a purpose: obstinate: unyielding.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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