tenacy

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English

Etymology

Latin tenacia (“obstinacy”). See tenacious.

Pronunciation

Noun

tenacy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Maker of Heaven and Earth”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      love is active and fruitful in beneficence ; because highest excellency is void of all envy , selfishness and tenacy

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tenacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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