Found 2 items, similar to Pertinacious.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pertinacious
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” [syn:
bulldog,
dogged,
dour,
tenacious,
unyielding]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pertinacious
Pertinacious
\Per`ti*na"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.
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2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
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Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.
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Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady.
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Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. --
Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n.
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