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pervicacious

pervicacious adjective: extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate.

Adjective

pervicacious (comparative more pervicacious, superlative most pervicacious)

  1. (possibly, rare) Extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate.
    • You are recommended, Miss, to the practice of your private devotions. May they be efficacious upon the mind of one of the most pervicacious young creatures that ever was heard of!1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...

Forms of pervicacious

comparativemore pervicacious
superlativemost pervicacious

Origin of pervicacious

From Latin pervicāx + -ious.

Words formed from pervicacious

Questions about pervicacious

What does pervicacious mean?
Pervicacious means extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate.
What part of speech is pervicacious?
Pervicacious is an adjective.

Words near pervicacious in the dictionary

  1. pervial
  2. perviate
  3. perviated
  4. perviates
  5. perviating
  6. pervicacious
  7. pervicaciously
  8. pervicaciousness
  9. pervicacity
  10. pervicacy
  11. pervicoside

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