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Pertinacious adj.

Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.

Resolute; persevering; constant; steady. "Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious study."

Synonyms: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute; determined; firm; constant; steady.

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Etymology of 'Pertinacious'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pertinacious" Quotes from Famous Books

... worshippers in either mode. Well, Drake, his hero, was a convinced Protestant; the bravest man he had ever met or dreamed of—fiery, pertinacious, gloriously insolent. He thought of his sailors, on whom a portion of Drake's spirit fell, their gallantry, their fearlessness of death and of all that comes after; of Mr. Bodder, who was now growing middle-aged in the Vicarage—yes, indeed, they were all admirable ...

— By What Authority? • Robert Hugh Benson

... shrank away from these gruesome details, but Mr. Cazalette showed the keenest interest in them, and would not be kept from the doctor's elbows. He was pertinacious in questioning them. ...

— Ravensdene Court • J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

... but still requiring that supreme devotion of which his nature was capable. It is possible that Miss Carmen saw this too, and so set about with feminine tact, if not to supplement, at least to make her rival less pertinacious and absorbing. Apart from this object, she zealously labored in her profession, yet with small pecuniary result, I fear. Local art was at a discount in California. The scenery of the country had not yet become famous; rather it was reserved ...

— The Story of a Mine • Bret Harte

... different article, but vastly entertaining, and has been meat and drink to me for many a long evening. His manner is dry, brisk and pertinacious, and the choice of words not much. The point about him is his extraordinary readiness and spirit. You can propound nothing but he has either a theory about it ready- made, or will have one instantly on the stocks, ...

— Memories and Portraits • Robert Louis Stevenson

... from the excursion, Blennerhassett hurried into his library, lugging a basket filled with botanical specimens; and Byle prepared to leave the premises. Before starting, he beckoned the gardener, who sulkily responded to the sign. The pertinacious visitor was proof against repulse. No social coolness could chill his confiding ardor. He took Peter's arm, and with a backward jerk of the ...

— A Dream of Empire - Or, The House of Blennerhassett • William Henry Venable

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