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overtenacious

overtenacious adjective: excessively tenacious.

Adjective

overtenacious (comparative more overtenacious, superlative most overtenacious)

  1. Excessively tenacious.

Forms of overtenacious

comparativemore overtenacious
superlativemost overtenacious

Origin of overtenacious

From over- + tenacious.

Questions about overtenacious

What does overtenacious mean?
Overtenacious means excessively tenacious.
What part of speech is overtenacious?
Overtenacious is an adjective.

Words near overtenacious in the dictionary

  1. overtemps
  2. overtempt
  3. overtempted
  4. overtempting
  5. overtempts
  6. overtenacious
  7. overtender
  8. overtenderly
  9. overtenderness
  10. overtense
  11. overtensed

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