Dictionary Entry
pertinacious
pertinacious is a 12-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
- 2adjective
Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
- 3adjective
stubbornly unyielding- T.S.Eliot
"dogged persistence"
"dour determination"
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