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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
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" [syn: bulldog, dogged, dour, tenacious,
unyielding]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pertinacious
Αγγλικά a.
ισχυρογνώμονας
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pertinacious
a.
Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
pertinacious
a.
Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
pertinacious
a.
Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
pertinacious
a.
Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pertinacious
Engelska a.
envis
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Pertinacious /pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs/
عنيد
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
pertinacious //pɝtn̩ˈeɪʃəs// //ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs//
1. неотстъпчив
holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose
2. упорит
stubbornly resolute or tenacious
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
pertinacious /pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs/
neústupný
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
pertinacious /pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs/
tvrdošíjný
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pertinacious /pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs/
hartnäckig, beharrlich, zäh
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pertinacious /pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs/
unbeirrbar, starrsinnig
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
pertinacious /pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs/
1. दृढ प्रतिज्ञ
"His style of arguement in meetings is not so aggressive as pertinacious."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
pertinacious /pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs/
tvrdoglav, uporan
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
pertinacious /pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs/
1. állhatatos
2. rendületlen
3. makacs
4. önfejû
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
pertinacious /pˌɜːtɪnˈeɪʃəs/
1. sebatkar, azimli, inatçı, ısrar eden. pertinaciously ısrarla, azimle, inatla.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "pertinacious":
assiduous, balking, balky, bigoted, bulldogged, bulldoggish,
bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, clamant, clamorous,
constant, continuing, crying, demanding, diligent, dogged,
dogmatic, draining, enduring, exacting, exigent, exorbitant,
extortionate, faithful, fanatic, fixed, game, gamy, grasping,
gritty, gutsy, gutty, hardheaded, headstrong, immutable,
importunate, inalterable, indefatigable, indomitable, industrious,
insistent, instant, intolerant, invincible, lasting, loud, loyal,
mettlesome, mulish, nervy, never-tiring, obstinate, opinionated,
overzealous, patient, patient as Job, permanent, perseverant,
persevering, persistent, persisting, perverse, pigheaded, plodding,
plucky, plugging, preoccupied, pressing, rapt, red-blooded,
refractory, relentless, resolute, restive, sedulous, self-willed,
set, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, spirited, spiritful,
spunky, stable, steadfast, steady, stiff-necked, strong-willed,
strongheaded, stubborn, sulky, sullen, taxing, tenacious, tireless,
tough, unabating, unconquerable, uncooperative, undaunted,
undiscouraged, undrooping, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging,
unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unnodding,
unregenerate, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unshakable,
unsleeping, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unwearied,
unwearying, unwinking, unyielding, urgent, utterly attentive,
weariless, willful
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 执拗的,顽固的,顽强的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 执拗的,顽固的,顽强的
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