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Definition of Pertinacious
1. Adjective. Stubbornly unyielding. "Men tenacious of opinion"
Similar to: Obstinate, Stubborn, Unregenerate
Derivative terms: Doggedness, Persistence, Pertinacity, Tenaciousness, Tenacity, Unyieldingness
Definition of Pertinacious
1. a. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
Definition of Pertinacious
1. Adjective. Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose. ¹
2. Adjective. Stubbornly resolute or tenacious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pertinacious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pertinacious
Literary usage of Pertinacious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... pertinacious defence of that place, the parliament had time to recover their
broken forces and more broken spirits; and may acknowledge to this rise the ..."
2. The Platform: Its Rise and Progress by Henry Lorenzo Jephson (1892)
"Moreover, as years had gone on, the action of the Platform had become more
pertinacious, less intermittent—showing clearly that the people were no longer ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... differences seldom grow to disputes but by the fault of both parties ;
altercations arise mostly from pertinacious adherence to, and obstinate; ..."
4. Historical Memoirs of My Own Time by Nathaniel William Wraxall (1815)
"In debate, if not animated, he was able and pertinacious. Like Dundas, he contrived,
after Lord North's Administration went to pieces, to attach himself to ..."
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