pertinacious

The definition of pertinacious is a determined person, or a person's stubborn hold onto their opinion.

(adjective)

An example of pertinacious is a car salesman who won't take no for an answer.

See pertinacious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

holding firmly to some purpose, belief, or action, often stubbornly or obstinately
hard to get rid of; unyielding; persistent

Origin: < L pertinax (gen. pertinacis), firm < per-, intens. + tenax, holding fast < tenere, to hold: see thin

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See pertinacious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Origin:

Origin: From Latin pertināx, pertināc-

Origin: : per-, per-

Origin: + tenāx, tenacious (from tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots)

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