Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Tenacity; obstinacy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Tenaciousness; obstinacy.

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  • noun obsolete Tenaciousness; obstinacy.

Etymologies

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Latin tenacia obstinacy. See tenacious.

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Examples

  • The hate part stems from my oldest daughter's tenacy to download the nastiest viruses on her laptop and I have to do cleanup monthly.

    The right tool 2008

  • A tenacy in common or cooperative agreement could be set up to utilize the three units in an ownership situation.

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  • = = = i18n = = = * Full i18n support * Multi-tenacy i18n: overriding label per tenant

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