The Only Use of
pertinacious
in
Frankenstein
- Doubtless my words surprised Henry; he at first believed them to be the wanderings of my disturbed imagination, but the pertinacity with which I continually recurred to the same subject persuaded him that my disorder indeed owed its origin to some uncommon and terrible event.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(pertinacious) stubbornly unyielding