Pertinacy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pertinacy \Per"ti*na*cy\, n. [L. pertinere to pertain. See
     {Pertinence}.]
     The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pertinacy \Per"ti*na*cy\, n. [L. pertinacia, fr. pertinax. See
     {Pertinacious}.]
     Pertinacity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]