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stamina
English
Etymology
From Latin st?mina, plural of st?men.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?stæm?n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?stæm?n?/
- Rhymes: -æm?n?
- Hyphenation: stam?i?na
Noun
stamina (usually uncountable, plural staminas)
- The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.
- He has a lot of stamina. I suppose that's why he can run for a long time.
- (obsolete, uncountable, plural only) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.
Translations
Noun
stamina
- (rare) plural of stamen
- 1790, William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed, Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition,
- In the specimens we have examined, and which perhaps have been rendered luxuriant by culture, the number of stamina has been from twelve to sixteen; of styles, from six to eight; of flowers on the same stalk, from one to eight.
- 1832 December 8, Spirit of Discovery, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Number 579, 2005 Gutenberg eBook edition,
- The gay flowers of the hibiscus tiliaceus, as well as the splendid huth or Barringtonia speciosa, covered with its beautiful flowers, the petals of which are white, and the edges of the stamina delicately tinged with pink, give to the trees when in full bloom a magnificent appearance; the hibiscus rosa-chinensis, or kowa of the natives also grows in luxuriance and beauty.
- 1790, William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed, Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition,
Anagrams
- Mantias, Satnami, Tasmina, amastin, animats, manatis, manitas
Afrikaans
Noun
stamina (uncountable)
- stamina
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sta?.mi.na/, [?s?t?ä?m?nä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sta.mi.na/, [?st???min?]
Noun
st?mina
- nominative plural of st?men
- accusative plural of st?men
- vocative plural of st?men
References
- stamina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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pertinacity
English
Etymology
From Middle French pertinacité, from Old French pertinace (“obstinate, stubborn”).
Noun
pertinacity (usually uncountable, plural pertinacities)
- The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
- 1846, E.A.Poe, The Black Cat
- With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.
- 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of Seven Gables, ch. 19:
- Again and again, however, and half a dozen other agains, with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts for admittance.
- 1846, E.A.Poe, The Black Cat
Synonyms
- pertinaciousness, resolve, stubbornness, tenacity
Translations
Anagrams
- antipyretic
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