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A Writer's Dictionary:

pertinacious Definition


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pertinacious
adj
    1. Determined in one's purpose; dogged; tenacious.
      Thesaurus: obstinate, stubborn, insistent, willful, headstrong, mulish, unyielding, persistent, resolute, persevering, dogged, tenacious, gritty, tough, determined.
Derivative: pertinaciously
adverb
    Derivative: pertinaciousness
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin pertinax holding fast.



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