pervicacity

English

Noun

pervicacity (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) obstinacy; pervicaciousness
   • 1911, Edward Tyas Cook, The Life of John Ruskin:

     Pervicacity of humour, of tastes, of character is one of the most marked features in the life of Ruskin

References

• “pervicacity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.