Pervicacious (adj)
pur-vic-ay-shus
Extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
Pervicacious comes from Latin pervicāx, meaning “stubborn, willful” or, more literally, “tending to conquer completely.”
Example sentences
“When the dog walker wanted to change direction, the pervicacious Yorkie dug her nails into the ground and glared.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
