pertinacity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle French pertinacité, from Old French pertinace (“obstinate, stubborn”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
Again and again, however, and half a dozen other agains, with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts for admittance.
1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:1846, Edgar Allen Poe, The Black Cat With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pertinacities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
pertinaciousness · tenacity · stubbornness · resolve
Translations (13)
ru неусту́пчивость (state of being pertinacious) · pt pertinácia (state of being pertinacious) · fr pertinacité (state of being pertinacious) · uk впертість (state of being pertinacious) · bg неотстъпчивост (state of being pertinacious) · uk непоступливість (state of being pertinacious) · ca pertinàcia (state of being pertinacious) · gl teimosía (state of being pertinacious) · ru упря́мство (state of being pertinacious) · bg упоритост (state of being pertinacious) · fr ténacité (state of being pertinacious) · ca pertinacitat (state of being pertinacious) · pt teimosia (state of being pertinacious)