| 释义 |
† pervicacy Obs.|ˈpɜːvɪkəsɪ|
[ad. L. pervicācia steadfastness, stubbornness, obstinacy, It. pervicacia, f. L. pervicāc-em: see pervicacious.]
= pervicacity (being the earlier word).
1537Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) II. 87 This princely goodnes, myght haue brought that desperat rebell from his so stourdy malice, blyndnes and pervicacie. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. ii. 127 Least his peevish pervicacy should be more and more enkindled. 1711in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 113 Pharo and..his people of Egypt..fatally payed for their pervicacy. 1748Richardson Clarissa II. vi. 31 If you persist in your pervicacy. Shall I be a pedant Miss for this word? |