THE FIRST WORD

pervicacious

PRONUNCIATION:

(puhr-vi-KAY-shuhs) 

MEANING:

adjective: Very stubborn.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin pervicax (stubborn). Earliest documented use: 1633.

USAGE:

"Your grandmother had spunk, bless her pervicacious soul. ... She had a stubborn streak, you see, very stubborn."
David Curry Kahn; Her Mother's Diary; Wheatmark; 2010.