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pertinacities

pertinacities is the plural of pertinacity.

Meaning of pertinacity

Noun

pertinacity (usually uncountable, plural pertinacities)

  1. (usually) The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
    • 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.1846, Edgar Allen Poe, The Black Cat

Questions about pertinacities

What is pertinacities the plural of?
Pertinacities is the plural of pertinacity.

Words near pertinacities in the dictionary

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

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