Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pertinacity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: per-ti-nac-i-ty
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1846, Edgar Allen Poe, The Black Cat With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend."
"Again and again, however, and half a dozen other agains, with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts for admittance."

Etymology

From Middle French pertinacité, from Old French pertinace (“obstinate, stubborn”).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

pertinacities (plural)

Synonyms

pertinaciousness resolve stubbornness tenacity doggedness perseverance persistence persistency tenaciousness

Questions

What does pertinacity mean?: The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
Where does pertinacity come from?: From Middle French pertinacité, from Old French pertinace (“obstinate, stubborn”).

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