doggedness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English dogged

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English doggedness

From dogged + -ness.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɡɪdˌnəs/

Noun

doggedness (usually uncountable, plural doggednesses)

1. The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.
   • 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 26”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:

     At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.

2. (obsolete) sullenness; moroseness

Synonyms

• tenacity
• See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Translations

persistence, perseverance, tenacity

• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sinnikkyys (fi), peräänantamattomuus (fi), itsepintaisuus (fi), itsepäisyys (fi)
• German: Beharrlichkeit (de) f, Hartnäckigkeit (de) f, Zähigkeit (de) f
• Māori: manawaroa
• Romanian: stăruință (ro) f, perseverență (ro) f, tenacitate (ro) f, persistență (ro) f
• Russian: упо́рство (ru) n (upórstvo)

sullenness; moroseness — see sullenness,‎ moroseness

References

• Noah Webster (1828), “doggedness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• “doggedness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “doggedness”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.