persistency

Shakespearean Definition:

Noun - the quality of being persistent, continually adhering to an opinion, course of action, or purpose

Frequency: 1

Here are all of the speeches where persistency shows up across the corpus:

Henry IV, Part 2

By this hand , thou thinkest me as far in the
devil’s book as thou and Falstaff for obduracy and
persistency . Let the end try the man . But I tell thee ,
my heart bleeds inwardly that my father is so sick ;
and keeping such vile company as thou art hath in
reason taken from me all ostentation of sorrow .