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单词 pertinace
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pertinaceadj.

Forms: late Middle English pertinace, late Middle English pertynax, 1500s pertynace, 1600s pertinax; Scottish pre-1700 pertinax.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pertinace; Latin pertināc-, pertināx.
Etymology: < Middle French pertinace (c1265 in Old French; also c1370 as pertinax ; French pertinace (now rare) only in sense ‘stubborn, obstinate’) and its etymon classical Latin pertināc-, pertināx persevering, stubborn, obstinate, persistent, prolonged < per- per- prefix + tenāx tenax adj. Compare Catalan pertinaç (1460), Spanish pertinaz (1385), Portuguese pertinaz (15th cent.), Italian pertinace (a1348).
Obsolete.
Diligent, persevering. Also (in negative sense): stubborn, obstinate. Cf. pertinacious adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective]
starkOE
moodyOE
stithc1000
stidyc1175
stallc1275
harda1382
stubbornc1386
obstinate?1387
throa1400
hard nolleda1425
obstinant?a1425
pertinacec1425
stablec1440
dour1488
unresigned1497
difficultc1503
hard-necked1530
pertinatec1534
obstacle1535
stout-stomached1549
hard-faced1567
stunt1581
hard-headed1583
pertinacious1583
stuntly1583
peremptory1589
stomachous1590
mulish1600
stomachful1600
obstined1606
restive1633
obstinacious1649
opinionated1649
tenacious1656
iron-sided1659
sturdy1664
cat-witted1672
obstinated1672
unyielding1677
ruggish1688
bullet-headed1699
tough1780
pelsy1785
stupid1788
hard-set1818
thick and thin1822
stuntya1825
rigwiddie1826
indomitable1830
recalcitrant1830
set1848
mule-headed1870
muley1871
capitose1881
hard-nosed1917
tight1928
c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 3 (MED) Old maistrez war noȝt bisie ne pertinacez [L. pertinaces] in sekyng and serchyng of this forseid cure.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccci/1 Seeyng that he was pertynax & obstynate.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 17247 So pertinax thai war into that steid.
1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable ii. 100 There bee many verie pertinax in this opinion.

Derivatives

pertinacely adv. (also pertynacely) Obsolete diligently; obstinately.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb]
stoutly1303
a-strut1330
sturdilyc1374
obstinately1395
throa1400
pertinacelyc1425
stubbornlyc1430
pertinatelyc1475
stiffneckedlya1555
peremptorilya1575
pertinaciouslya1614
tenaciouslya1667
mulishly1795
stupidly1866
dourly1871
bloody-mindedly1962
c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 3 (MED) I haue swette and trauailed ful bisily and pertinacely [L. diligentius ac pertinacius].
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) f. 224 Pertynacely expownynge the holy scripture wronge, they fell in to heresyes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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