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单词 pervicacy
释义

pervicacyn.

Forms: 1500s peruicacie, 1500s–1600s pervicacie, 1600s–1700s pervicacy.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pervicācia.
Etymology: < classical Latin pervicācia steadfastness, stubbornness, obstinacy < pervicāc- , pervicāx (see pervicacious adj.) + -ia -y suffix3. Compare Middle French pervicacie (1561), Italian pervicacia (1585). N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pə̄·ɹvikăsi) /ˈpɜːvɪkəsɪ/.
Obsolete.
= pervicacity n.
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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
1537 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 87 This princely goodnes, myght haue brought that desperat rebell from his so stourdy malice, blyndnes and pervicacie.
a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. H.ijv Or euer they came home by their peruicacie, They purposed by craft to take Hull for defence.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 115[127] Least his peeuish pervicacy should be more and more enkindled.
1647 J. Abbot Devout Rhapsodies i. iv. 23 Speake more Celestiall Muses, what's the cause Of so much pervicacie against the Lawes Of humane sence?
1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 113 Pharo and..his people of Egypt..fatally payed for their pervicacy.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. vi. 28 You may be destitute of all defence, if you persist in your pervicacy. Shall I be a pedant, Miss, for this word?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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