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TENACIOUS
coherent, tenacious
(adjective) sticking together; “two coherent sheets”; “tenacious burrs”
retentive, recollective, long, tenacious
(adjective) good at remembering; “a retentive mind”; “tenacious memory”
dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tenacious (comparative more tenacious, superlative most tenacious)
Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
Holding together; cohesive.
Having a good memory; retentive.
Synonyms
• (clinging to an object or surface): clingsome, sticky; see also adhesive
• (unwilling to yield or give up): pigheaded, steadfast; see also obstinate
• (holding together): coherent; see also cohesive
• (having a good memory): elephantlike, memorious; see also memorious
Anagrams
• Aceitunos, e-auctions, sauconite
Source: Wiktionary
Te*na"cious, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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