pertinacious
pertinacious · more pertinacious · most pertinacious
непоступливий, впертий
durchhaltend, hartnäckig
Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purposeHolding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
UK/ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs/US/pɝtn̩ˈeɪʃəs/
Meaning
2 sensesHolding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
непоступливийnepostuplyvyj
Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.
durchhaltend, hartnäckig
впертийvpertyj
stubbornly unyielding
Translations
5 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 2
holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose:
stubbornly resolute or tenacious:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
stubbornly resolute or tenacious:
Origin
From pertinace + -ious, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertinax, from per- (“very”)From pertinace + -ious, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertinax, from per- (“very”) + tenax (“tenacious”).
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Forms
more pertinacious, most pertinacious| Comparative | more pertinacious Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most pertinacious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- stubbornly unyielding:doggeddourpersistenttenaciousunyielding
Word family
3 related wordsDerivedpertinaciously
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form