Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.

Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.

Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady. --
Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n.

Synonyms: bulldog, dogged, dour, stubborn, tenacious, unyielding

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