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pervicacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-vi-ca-cious
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin pervicāx + -ious.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more pervicacious (comparative) most pervicacious (superlative)

Derived Forms

pervicaciously pervicaciousness

Questions

What does pervicacious mean?
Extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate.
Where does pervicacious come from?
From Latin pervicāx + -ious.

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