pertinacious
Meanings
adj
- Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
- Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.
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Etymology
From pertinace + -ious, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertinax, from per- (“very”) + tenax (“tenacious”).
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