pertinacious
Adjective Satellite
- stubbornly unyielding; ; ; ; - T.S.Eliot
- "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"
Adj
- Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
- Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.
Origin / Etymology
From pertinace + -ious, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertinax, from per- (“very”) + tenax (“tenacious”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
pertinacious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpertinacious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pertinacious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
pertinacious: valid Words With Friends Word