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pertinaciousness

pertinaciousness noun: the state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

Noun

pertinaciousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
    • I had too much experience of my father's pertinaciousness ever to hope for a change in his views.1805, Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland; and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, Penguin Classics, published 1991, →ISBN, page 289
    Synonyms:
    pertinacity

Synonyms of pertinaciousness

Origin of pertinaciousness

From pertinacious + -ness.

Questions about pertinaciousness

What does pertinaciousness mean?
Pertinaciousness means the state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
What part of speech is pertinaciousness?
Pertinaciousness is a noun.

Words near pertinaciousness in the dictionary

  1. pertinaceous
  2. pertinaceously
  3. pertinacies
  4. pertinacious
  5. pertinaciously
  6. pertinaciousness
  7. pertinacities
  8. pertinacity
  9. pertinacy
  10. pertinant
  11. pertinate

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