What does "pertinacy" mean?
Pertinacy: The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence. [Obs.]
Additional senses
- 2.Pertinacity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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