tenacious

adjective

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Pronunciation: /təˈneɪʃəs/

Etymology: From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”), + -ious.

Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
Holding together; cohesive.
“The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead […]”
Having a good memory; retentive.