About The Word Tenacious
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Tenacious
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What's The Definition Of Tenacious?
[adj] sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
[adj] (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory" [adj] stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tenacious: adhesive | bulldog | coherent | dogged | dour | long | pertinacious | retentive | stubborn | unyielding Related Terms | Find terms related to Tenacious: See Also | Tenacious In Webster's Dictionary \Te*na"cious\, a. [L. tenax, -acis, from tenere to
hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Tenace}.]
1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain
what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just
rights.
2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
3. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough;
as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than
oil. --Sir I. Newton.
4. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous;
sticking; adhesive. ``Female feet, too weak to struggle
with tenacious clay.'' --Cowper.
5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. --Ainsworth.
6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate;
stubborn. -- {Te*na"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Te*na"cious*ness},
n.
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