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单词 pervicacious
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pervicaciousadj.

Brit. /ˌpəːvᵻˈkeɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌpərvəˈkeɪʃəs/
Forms: 1600s–1700s pervicatious, 1600s– pervicacious.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pervicāc- , pervicāx , -ious suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin pervicāc-, pervicāx stubborn, headstrong (probably < pervincere to overcome, prevail over, to persuade, to carry one's point < per- per- prefix + vincere vince v.) + -ious suffix; compare -acious suffix. Compare Middle French pervicacieux (1581). Compare also Italian pervicace (a1292). Compare earlier pervicacity n., pervicacy n.
Thoroughly obstinate or stubborn; headstrong, wilful, refractory.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > disobediently stubborn
incorrigiblea1340
unchastisable1382
contumaxc1386
stubbornc1386
stoutc1410
contumacec1425
staffish?a1513
unwieldy1513
untractable1538
intractable1545
prefract?1549
incounselable1554
indocible1555
uncorrectable1562
refractorious1563
haggard1566
neck-stiff1570
uncounsellablea1578
refractary1583
contumacious1603
refractarious1609
refractory1615
unmanageable1616
immorigerous1623
refractive1623
pervicacious1633
unrectifiable1645
undocible1653
undocile1656
untractible1670
unadvisable1672
recalcitrant1797
unguidable1822
recalcitrary1861
1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies ii. 93 Pervicatious contending, without reason and measure.
1672 H. Stubbe Justif. War against Netherlands 66 The Dutch..grew more pervicacious in opposition to His Majesties Officers.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxii. 150 One of the most pervicacious young creatures that ever was heard of!
1794 ‘Somers’ Celebrated Polit. Lett. 51 A pertinacity which some call firmness, but which I call the pervicatious obstinacy of inborn inveterate self-sufficiency.
1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas II. 174 The pursuit of pervicacious donkeys who diverged into the green barley.
1973 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 13/4 Are audiences the only thing wrong with the theatre?.. At once funky and firm, a pervicacious horde of floating voters, they rush confidently to support the worst candidate on offer.
2001 Technol. Rev. (Nexis) 1 June 25 I'm a word nerd. I get a kick out of tossing a few odd ones into my column, just to see if the pervicacious editors will weed them out.

Derivatives

perviˈcaciously adv. rare
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > disobediently stubborn
stoutly1568
incorrigibly1610
refractarily1618
contumaciously1626
refractorilyc1646
pervicaciously1650
unmanageably1701
unguidably1837
1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes (new ed.) 83 The phansy of an Animal pervicaciously surviving death, is impressed not onely upon the blood: but also [etc.].
1988 Afr. Stud. Rev. 31 72 He fought pervicaciously to ensure that the British considered his ideas in the administration of his emirate.
pervicaciousness n. Obsolete rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > disobedient stubbornness
contumacec1230
unbuxomnessa1300
unbuxomheada1325
contumacyc1386
sturdinessa1400
stoutnessc1400
contumacityc1420
pervicacy1537
untractablenessa1600
pervicacity1604
contumation1618
refractariness1624
refractoriness1627
incorrigiblenessa1631
indocibleness1647
immorigerousness1649
contumaciousness1654
refracture1659
intractableness1664
unmanageableness1664
refractiveness1674
untractibleness1676
pervicaciousness1692
untreatableness1693
untractability1797
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vi. 32 But if God hath actually created those intelligent Substances..'tis pervicaciousness to deny, that he created Matter also.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis ii. xx. 35 This man being confused by the pervicaciousness [L. obstinatione] of all those who were looking at him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1633
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