pertinacy

English

Etymology 1

From Latin pertinacia, from pertinax. See pertinacious.

Noun

pertinacy (usually uncountable, plural pertinacies)

  1. Obsolete form of pertinacity.
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Etymology 2

From Latin pertinere.

Noun

pertinacy (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pertinacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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