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  2. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › pervicacityPERVICACITY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    3 meanings: → another name for obstinacy 1. the state or quality of being obstinate 2. an obstinate act, attitude, etc Also.... Click for more definitions.

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      obstinacy in British English. (ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ ) or obstinateness...

    • Pervicacy

      4 meanings: → another name for pervicacity → another name...

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      British informal sexually perverted.... Click for English...

    • Pervious

      2 meanings: 1. able to be penetrated; permeable 2. receptive...

    • Obstinacy

      2 meanings: 1. the state or quality of being obstinate 2. an...

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      Inflexible and self-willed.... Click for English...

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pervicacityPervicacity Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Pervicacity is a noun that means pervicaciousness, or stubbornness and obstinacy. It comes from medieval Latin and is only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › pervicacityPERVICACITY definition in American English | Collins English ...

    obstinacy in British English. (ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ ) or obstinateness (ˈɒbstɪnətnəs ) noun Word forms: plural -cies. 1. the state or quality of being obstinate. 2. an obstinate act, attitude, etc. Also (rare): pervicacity, pervicacy. Collins English Dictionary.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › pervicacityPervicacity - definition of pervicacity by The Free Dictionary

    Define pervicacity. pervicacity synonyms, pervicacity pronunciation, pervicacity translation, English dictionary definition of pervicacity. or n another name for obstinacy Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000,...

  6. www.definitions.net › definition › pervicacityWhat does pervicacity mean? - Definitions.net

    Pervicacity means spiteful obstinacy or pervicaciousness, according to Samuel Johnson's and Webster's dictionaries. Find pronunciation, numerology, translations and more for this word.

  7. www.oed.com › dictionary › pervicacity_npervicacity, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

    There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun pervicacity. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › pervicacious_adjpervicacious, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford ...

    OED's earliest evidence for pervicacious is from 1633, in the writing of William Ames, theologian and university teacher. pervicacious is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pervicāc-, pervicāx, ‑ious suffix. See etymology.