A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Pertinacioun, n. [Nonce-word. Cf. Pertinacité.] Perverse obstinacy. = Pertinacité n. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 1659 (W).
This King Edward gert gif sentens And dome of his pertinacioun [R. priwatyown]
