Hyphenation of pertinacious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pertinacious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

per-ti-na-cious

Definitions of pertinacious:

1.	Stubbornly unyielding Dogged persistence Dour determination The most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics A mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it- T.S.Eliot Men tenacious of opinion

Synonyms of pertinacious:

adj	bulldog, dogged, dour, tenacious, unyielding, stubborn

Last hyphenations of this language

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