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ADJECTIVE (1)

1. stubbornly unyielding;
- Example: "dogged persistence"
- Example: "dour determination"
- Example: "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"
- Example: "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- Example: "men tenacious of opinion"
[syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
        [1913 Webster] -- Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. --
        Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pertinacious
    adj 1: 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: dogged, dour, persistent,
           pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding]