pervicacious
Adjective

pervicacious

  1. Extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate. [from 17th c.]
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 22:
      You are recommended, Miss, to the practice of your private devotions. May they be efficacious upon the mind of one of the most pervicacious young creatures that ever was heard of!



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