different between pertinaciousness vs pertinacious

English

Etymology

pertinacious +? -ness

Noun

pertinaciousness (uncountable)

1. The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
   • 1805, Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, Penguin Classics (1991), ?ISBN p. 289:

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

Synonyms

• pertinacity

References

• "pertinaciousness" at OneLook® Dictionary Search.

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

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