pertinacious

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - T.S.Eliot

Etymology

From pertinace + -ious, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertinax, from per- (“very”) + tenax (“tenacious”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

dogged, dour, persistent, tenacious, unyielding

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