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te·na·cious

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ADJECTIVE:

Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view.
Holding together firmly; cohesive: a tenacious material.
Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive: tenacious lint.
Tending to retain; retentive: a tenacious memory.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin tenx, tenc-, holding fast, from tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
te·nacious·ly(Adverb), te·nacious·ness(Noun)

Thesaurus: synonyms for tenacious

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