pervicacious (adj.)
extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn
seen from Indonesia

seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from Australia

seen from Japan
seen from Japan
seen from Philippines
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from Sweden
seen from Türkiye
seen from Saudi Arabia
seen from United States

seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Austria
seen from France
seen from United States
pervicacious (adj.)
extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn
WORD OF THE DAY Sunday, June 5, 2022 OED Word of the Day: pervicacious, adj. Thoroughly obstinate or stubborn; headstrong, wilful, refractory.
SENTENCE EXAMPLE "I'm a word nerd. I get a kick out of tossing a few odd ones into my column, just to see if the pervicacious editors will weed them out." - 2001, Technol. Rev. (Nexis) 1 June 25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Shared via the Word of the Day App. See the original post on Instagram! Watch WGS on Twitch and YouTube!
pervicacious
pervicacious a. very obstinate
“Lucius! Lucius! Put those binoculars away and come and open the wine. Sometimes you are so exasperating with your pervicacious bird watching.”
pervicacious
pervicacious a. very obstinate
“Lucius! Lucius! Put those binoculars away and come and open the wine. Sometimes you are so exasperating with your pervicacious bird watching.”
word of the day: "pervicacious"
pervicacious (puhr-vi-KAY-shuhs)
MEANING: adjective: Very stubborn.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pervicax (stubborn). Earliest documented use: 1633.
USAGE: "Your grandmother had spunk, bless her pervicacious soul. ... She had a stubborn streak, you see, very stubborn." David Curry Kahn; Her Mother's Diary; Wheatmark; 2010.
Word of the Day 10/01/2012 - pervicacious
pervicacious a. very obstinate.
"Lucius! Lucius! Put those binoculars away and come and get your dinner. Sometimes you are so exasperating with your pervicacious bird watching."