Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pertinaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-ti-na-ceous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of pertinacious.

Inflected Forms

more pertinaceous (comparative) most pertinaceous (superlative)

Derived Forms

pertinaceously

Questions

What does pertinaceous mean?
Alternative form of pertinacious.

How to pronounce pertinaceous

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