Meaning pertinacious
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pertinacious(adj.) stubbornly persistent (Harry’s parents were frustrated with his pertinacious insistence that a monster lived in his closet. Then they opened the closet door and were eaten.)
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pertinaciousstubbornly unyielding His temper, though yielding and easy in appearance, was in reality most obstinate and pertinacious. — Kavanagh, Julia
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pertinacious1620s, from pertinacy (late 14c.; see pertinacity) + -ous. Related: Pertinaciously.
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pertinaciousadj. Persistent or unyielding.
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pertinacious(adj) stubbornly unyielding
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pertinacious
Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
* '''1884''', , "The Path of Duty" in ''The English Illustrated Magazine'' '''2'''(15): 240–256.
*: He would really have to make up his mind to care f [..]
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