stick-to-it-ive

[stik-too-i-tiv, -it-iv]

adjective

Informal.

1. tenaciously resolute; persevering.

   Stick-to-it-ive people get ahead in life.

Other Word Forms

• stick-to-it-iveness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stick-to-it-ive¹

1865–70, stick to it + -ive