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stant, tenacious; patient, enduring, abiding; diligent, zealous, ambitious, industrious, sedulous, careful, attentive, painstaking, plodding; indefatigable, indomitable, untiring, unwearied, undrooping, unflagging, never-sleeping, never-wearying, never-tiring; frequent, chronic, repetitious, incessant, unceasing, unstopping, unrelenting, relentless, unremitting, continuous, continual, interminable.
2. resolute, determined, sturdy, firm, stalwart, grim, decided, decisive, undistracted, purposive, purposeful; uncompromising, unshakable, unfaltering, unswerv-able, unswerving, unwavering, steadfast, unshrinking, undeviating, See - persistent (def. 2).
persiflage, n. banter, badinage, repartee, word play, verbal wit, wittiness; pleasantry, frivolity, fun and games, clowning or fooling around, buffoonery; jesting, joking, levity, humor, drollery, jocularity, jocosity, waggery; teasing, twitting, taunting, Inf. joshing, Inf. funning, Inf. kidding, Inf ribbing, SI. jiving; (all in jest) raillery, ridicule, derision, mockery, Inf. ragging, Brit, quizzing.
persist, v. 1. continue, persevere, keep on, keep going, be steadfast, endure; strive, labor, struggle, toil, moil, grub, grind, drudge. See - persevere (def. 1).
2. remain, last, endure, perdure, subsist, survive; abide, linger, carry on, stay, Inf hang in there, Inf. never say die; be constant, be steadfast, be permanent; hold good, remain valid, remain unchanged.
3. insist, stand firm, stand fast, stick to one's guns, hold one's ground, be unyielding, be obstinate, be resolute. See - persevere (def. 2).
persistence, n. 1. steadfastness, perseverance, continuance, endurance, abidingness, patience; stamina, indefatigableness, backbone, courage, grit, pluck. See - perseverance (def. 1).
2. resolve, determination, purposiveness, purposefulness, decision, decisiveness, firmness of mind, toughness of mind, pertinacity. See - perseverance (def. 2).
persistent, adj. 1. persevering, assiduous, tenacious; diligent, zealous, ambitious, industrious, sedulous, careful, attentive, painstaking, plodding; indefatigable, indomitable, untiring, unwearied, undrooping, unflagging, never-sleeping, never-wearying, never-tiring.
2. resolute, determined, sturdy, firm, stalwart, grim, decided, decisive, undistracted, purposive, purposeful; uncompromising, steadfast, unshakable, unfaltering, unswervable, unswerving, unwavering, unshrinking, undeviating; dogged, stubborn, mulish, Inf. cussed, obstinate, adamant, obdurate, pertinacious, inflexible, intransigent, intractable, contumacious.
3. enduring, lasting, abiding; constant, fixed, permanent; immovable, immutable, indelible, indestructible; deep-rooted, deep-seated, ingrained.
4. frequent, chronic, repetitious, incessant, unceasing, unstopping, unrelenting, relentless, unremitting, continuous, continual, interminable.
persnickety, adj. Informal. 1. fastidious, fussy, finical, finicky, Inf. nitpicking; particular, discriminating, discriminative, highly selective, Inf. choosy; picayune, hairsplitting, trifling, petty, Inf. fuddy-duddy; punctilious, precise, exact, attentive to detail; overscrupulous, scrupulous, meticulous, methodical, thorough, thoroughgoing, searching, careful, attentive, conscientious; overcritical, hypercritical, critical, hard or difficult to please; overdemanding, demanding, overexacting, exacting, strict, rigid, severe, sparing no pains.
2. painstaking, tedious, detailed, fine, minute; rigorous, arduous, difficult, hard; backbreaking, exhausting, fatiguing, tiring, tiresome, wearisome.
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A diamond's weight is measured in carats. Originally, one carat equalled the weight of one seed from a loaf of st. John's bread. It was changed in 1931 that the exact weight was to be 0.2 grams. .. More >>
