tenacious

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/təˈneɪʃəs/

Definition of tenacious

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
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adj

  1. Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
  2. Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
  3. Holding together; cohesive.
    “The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead […]”
  4. Having a good memory; retentive.

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Etymology

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

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