Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pertinacity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pertinacity \Per`ti*nac"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pertinacit['e].]
The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy;
perseverance; persistency. --Macaulay.

Syn: See {Obstinacy}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pertinacity
n : persistent determination [syn: {doggedness}, {perseverance},
{persistence}, {persistency}, {tenacity}, {tenaciousness}]


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