The Only Use of
pertinacious
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- 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.†
p. 63.3pertinacity = persistent determination (unyielding stubbornness)
Definition:
stubbornly unyielding