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† ˈpertinacy Obs.
Also 7 -tenacy.
[= Pr., It., Sp. pertinacia, ad. L. pertinācia, f. pertināx, -ācem: see pertinace. Cf. prec.]
= pertinacity: being the earlier word; very common in 17th c. Mostly in an evil sense.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋330 Pertinacie is whan man deffendeth hise folies and trusteth to muchel in his owene wit. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love ii. i. (Skeat) l. 46 Holy faders..proved..her pertinacie to distroy. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. xii. 71 The pertinacye and stubbernesse of the Iewes. 1577Harrison England ii. i. (1877) i. 17 In cases of heresie, pertinacie, contempt, and such like. 1605B. Jonson Volpone iv. ii, My breeding is not so coarse..to offend with pertinacy. 1656Blount Glossogr., Pertinacy..some⁓times..taken in the good part for perseverance, constancy. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. iii. 192 Justifying it self by the Pertinacy of the Constitution throughout all the Term. 1751Affect. Narr. of Wager 96 Reflecting on..the Disgrace arising to himself, by his Ignorance and Pertinacy. |