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Definition of pertinacious in English: pertinaciousadjective ˌpəːtɪˈneɪʃəsˌpərtnˈeɪʃəs formal Holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action. 〈正式〉坚持的，锲而不舍的，顽强的 he worked with a pertinacious resistance to interruptions 他顽强地坚持不间断地工作。 Example sentencesExamples - Well, I shall now offer a balanced view based on the facts before me: I find your attempts quite perspicacious and pertinacious, and wish you well accordingly.
- He knew she was only so pertinacious out of her love for him.
- His enquiries were pertinacious.
- He was a pertinacious controversialist, but in any personal discussion his humorous twinkle was disarming.
Synonyms determined, tenacious, persistent, persevering, assiduous, purposeful, resolute, dogged, indefatigable, insistent, single-minded, unrelenting, relentless, implacable, uncompromising, unyielding, tireless, unshakeable, importunate, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, obstinate, obdurate, strong-willed, headstrong, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, pig-headed, bull-headed, stiff-necked, with one's toes/feet dug in, wilful, refractory, contrary, perverse British informal bloody-minded rare indurate
Derivativesadverb ˌpəːtɪˈneɪʃəsliˌpərtnˈeɪʃəsli formal The Spanish Scholastics remain profoundly admired by Catholics as the great intellects they were - unthinkable if they had pertinaciously taught perverse error. Example sentencesExamples - I remember that for years I pertinaciously read comic strips, unable to see what Americans saw in them.
noun ˌpəːtɪˈneɪʃəsnəsˌpərtnˈeɪʃəsnəs formal noun ˌpəːtɪˈnasɪtiˌpərtnˈæsədi formal I want no greater proof of the corruption of human nature than the pertinacity with which we seek happiness where happiness cannot be found. Example sentencesExamples - The gravity which Albert applied to court life in the south was applied with equal pertinacity to the serious business of recreation in the north.
- If, in the face of these facts, somebody still insists that the boundaries of the Sikh religion are blurred, it is sheer pertinacity.
- This was returned to Buckingham Palace in 1947, largely through the pertinacity of Queen Mary.
- In both instances, it's a good advertisement for pertinacity.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin pertinax, pertinac- 'holding fast' + -ous. RhymesAthanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, contumacious, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, fallacious, farinaceous, flirtatious, foliaceous, fugacious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, veracious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious Definition of pertinacious in US English: pertinaciousadjectiveˌpərtnˈāSHəsˌpərtnˈeɪʃəs formal Holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action. 〈正式〉坚持的，锲而不舍的，顽强的 he worked with a pertinacious resistance to interruptions 他顽强地坚持不间断地工作。 Example sentencesExamples - He knew she was only so pertinacious out of her love for him.
- He was a pertinacious controversialist, but in any personal discussion his humorous twinkle was disarming.
- His enquiries were pertinacious.
- Well, I shall now offer a balanced view based on the facts before me: I find your attempts quite perspicacious and pertinacious, and wish you well accordingly.
Synonyms determined, tenacious, persistent, persevering, assiduous, purposeful, resolute, dogged, indefatigable, insistent, single-minded, unrelenting, relentless, implacable, uncompromising, unyielding, tireless, unshakeable, importunate, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, obstinate, obdurate, strong-willed, headstrong, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, pig-headed, bull-headed, stiff-necked, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, wilful, refractory, contrary, perverse
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin pertinax, pertinac- ‘holding fast’ + -ous. |