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scottobearpervicacious \pur-vih-KAY-shus\, adjective:
Refusing to change one's ideas, behavior, etc.; stubborn; obstinate.
Pervicacious is from Latin pervicax, pervicac-, "stubborn, headstrong," from root pervic- of pervincere, "to carry ones point, maintain ones opinion," from per-, "through, thoroughly" + vincere, "to conquer, prevail against" + the suffix -ious, "characterized by, full of."
Refusing to change one's ideas, behavior, etc.; stubborn; obstinate.
Pervicacious is from Latin pervicax, pervicac-, "stubborn, headstrong," from root pervic- of pervincere, "to carry ones point, maintain ones opinion," from per-, "through, thoroughly" + vincere, "to conquer, prevail against" + the suffix -ious, "characterized by, full of."
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the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
That sort of ties into my latest post.
Re: the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
Date: 2001-05-31 03:38 am (UTC)You know, you're absolutely right. :) (or I agree with you wholeheartedly, at least)
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Date: 2001-05-31 05:06 am (UTC)pervicacious
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