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te·na·cious    (t-nshs) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

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

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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)

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