Meanings
nounpervicacy (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountablePervicacity; stubbornness.First known use 16th–18th c.
You mother will have me do so, that you may be destitute of all defence, if you persist in you pervicacy.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC
Origin
- Latinpervicācia
- Englishpervicacy
From Latin pervicācia, from pervicāx.
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