pervicacy
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pervicācia.
Noun edit
pervicacy (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Pervicacity; stubbornness. [16th–18th c.]
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- You mother will have me do so, that you may be destitute of all defence, if you persist in you pervicacy.