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pertinacious

English

Etymology

From pertinace +? -ious, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertinax, from per- (“very”) + tenax (“tenacious”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p??t??ne???s/
  • (US) enPR: pûr-tn-?'sh?s, IPA(key): /p?tn??e???s/
  • Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

pertinacious (comparative more pertinacious, superlative most pertinacious)

  1. Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
    • 1884, Henry James, "The Path of Duty" in The English Illustrated Magazine 2(15): 240–256.
      He would really have to make up his mind to care for his wife or not to care for her. What would Lady Vandeleur say to one alternative, and what would little Joscelind say to the other? That is what it was to have a pertinacious father and to be an accommodating son.
  2. Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Related terms

  • pertinaciousness
  • pertinacity

Translations

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constrained

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?n?st?e?nd/
  • Rhymes: -e?nd

Verb

constrained

  1. simple past tense and past participle of constrain

Adjective

constrained (comparative more constrained, superlative most constrained)

  1. Kept within close bounds; confined.
  2. Forced; compelled.

Derived terms

  • constrainedly
  • constrainedness

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