Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER'TI-NA-CY
PER-TI-NA'CIOUS-NESS, or PER-TI-NAC'I-TYPER'TI-NENCE, or PER-TI-NEN-CY
PER'TI-NA-CY, n. [supra.]
Obstinacy; stubbornness; persistency; resolution; steadiness. [Little used.] – Taylor.
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