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Word entry · 9 letters

tenacious

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9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /təˈneɪʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aceinostuStarts with TEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (TENACIOUS).

Definitions

  1. Persistent, determined, and not easily giving up.

Word origin

From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”), + -ious.

Used in a sentence

  • The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead […]

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