pertinacious

Etymology
From, from , from , from +.

Adjective

 * 1) Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.
 * 2) Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.
 * 3) * 1678,, The life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln (London: Printed for Richard Marriot) [without pagination or secitons]:
 * [O]ne of the Dissenters, which I could, but forbear, to name appeared to Dr. Sanderson to be so bold, so troublesome, and so illogical in the dispute, as forced patient Dr. Sanderson, who was then Bishop of Lincoln, and a moderator with other Bishops, to say, with an unusual earnestness, "That he had never met with a man of more pertinacious confidence, and less abilities, in all his conversation."
 * 1) Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.
 * 2) * 1678,, The life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln (London: Printed for Richard Marriot) [without pagination or secitons]:
 * [O]ne of the Dissenters, which I could, but forbear, to name appeared to Dr. Sanderson to be so bold, so troublesome, and so illogical in the dispute, as forced patient Dr. Sanderson, who was then Bishop of Lincoln, and a moderator with other Bishops, to say, with an unusual earnestness, "That he had never met with a man of more pertinacious confidence, and less abilities, in all his conversation."

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: pertinaç
 * Dutch: vast
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Maori: tohetohe
 * Ottoman Turkish: یاپشقان
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: firme
 * Ukrainian: непоступливий


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Maori: tohetohe, whakatohe
 * Ottoman Turkish: یاپشقان
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: впертий