tenacious

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

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  1. From Latin tenāx, tenāc-, holding fast, from tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French tenace = Spanish Portuguese tenaz = Italian tenace, from Latin tenax (tenac-), holding fast, from tenere, hold: see tenant.
 

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