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pertinacious
very persistent; holding firmly to a belief or course of action
Surely ants are among the most pertinacious of creatures, putting to shame, at least in that respect, many a human being.
Related English words: pertinaciousness, pertinacity (pertinaciousness)
Latin root words: pertinax, pertinacis - holding firmly, tenacious; pertinacia, pertinaciae, f. - persistence; teneo, tenere, tenui, tentus - to hold
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