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tenacity

/təˈnæs.ɪ.ti/ noun

In Latin: tenācitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tenacity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Persistent determination.

Origin

From Middle French ténacité, from Latin tenācitās (whence -acity).

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