pertinaciousness

noun

The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounpertinaciousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

    I had too much experience of my father's pertinaciousness ever to hope for a change in his views.

    1805, Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, Penguin Classics, published 1991, →ISBN, page 289

    Synonyms: pertinacity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

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Chicago

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