| 单词 |
pervicacity |
| 释义 |
pervicacity Now rare.|pɜːvɪˈkæsɪtɪ| [f. L. pervicāc-em (see prec.) + -ity; cf. late L. pervicācitās (Gloss. Philox.) for ancient L. pervicācia: see next.] The quality or state of being pervicacious; obstinacy; wilfulness.
1604Parsons 3rd Pt. Three Convers. Eng. 175 Was heere constancy or pertinacity, perseuerance or peruicacity? 1660H. More Myst. Godl. vii. ix, Which constancy of theirs he calls pervicaciam & inflexibilem obstinationem, a Pervicacity and inflexible Obstinacy. 1825–9Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. xx. 178, I never could account..for the strange pervicacity of his humour in rejecting every kind of refinement. 1837C. Lofft Self-formation I. 197 Every man by patience and pervicacity may frame himself intellectually to what he pleases. |

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