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pertinacious
(encz) | pertinacious,neústupný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pertinacious
(encz) | pertinacious,tvrdošíjný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pertinacious
(gcide) | Pertinacious \Per`ti*na"cious\, a. [L. pertinax, -acis; per +
tenax tenacious. See Per-, and Tenacious.]
1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design,
with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as,
pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
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2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
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Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.
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Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady.
[1913 Webster] -- Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. --
Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n.
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pertinacious
(wn) | pertinacious
adj 1: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour
determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all
the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but
tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of
opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent,
pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding] |
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pertinaciously
(encz) | pertinaciously,neústupně adv: Zdeněk Brožpertinaciously,tvrdošíjně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Pertinacious
(gcide) | Pertinacious \Per`ti*na"cious\, a. [L. pertinax, -acis; per +
tenax tenacious. See Per-, and Tenacious.]
1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design,
with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as,
pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
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2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
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Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.
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Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady.
[1913 Webster] -- Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. --
Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n.
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Pertinaciously
(gcide) | Pertinacious \Per`ti*na"cious\, a. [L. pertinax, -acis; per +
tenax tenacious. See Per-, and Tenacious.]
1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design,
with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as,
pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
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2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
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Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.
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Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady.
[1913 Webster] -- Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. --
Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n.
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Pertinaciousness
(gcide) | Pertinacious \Per`ti*na"cious\, a. [L. pertinax, -acis; per +
tenax tenacious. See Per-, and Tenacious.]
1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design,
with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as,
pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
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2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
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Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious
study. --South.
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Syn: Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute;
determined; firm; constant; steady.
[1913 Webster] -- Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. --
Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n.
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pertinaciously
(wn) | pertinaciously
adv 1: in a dogged and pertinacious manner; "he struggled
pertinaciously for the new resolution" |
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