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   Per·ti·na·cious

   /ˌpərtnˈāSHəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action: formal "he worked with a pertinacious resistance to interruptions"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin pertinax, pertinac- ‘holding fast’ + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pertinaciously adverb
   • 2. pertinaciousness noun
   • 3. pertinacity noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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