PER'TINENCE PER'TINENCY, noun [Latin pertinens, pertineo; per and teneo, to hold.] Justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; suitableness. I have shown the fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse to the person he addressed.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI