per|pet´u|al|ness

per|pet´u|al|ness
per|pet|u|al «puhr PEHCH u uhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. lasting forever; eternal: »

the perpetual hills.

SYNONYM(S): permanent, enduring, everlasting.
2. lasting throughout life; ceasing only at death: »

a perpetual income.

3. never ceasing; continuous: »

a perpetual stream of visitors. He moved in an atmosphere of perpetual ambush (Rudyard Kipling).

SYNONYM(S): constant.
4. Horticulture. being in bloom more or less continuously throughout the year or the season.
–n.
1. any one of several continuously-blooming hybrid varieties of rose.
2. = perennial. (Cf.perennial)
[< Old French perpetuel, learned borrowing from Latin perpetuālis < perpetuus continuous < perpes, -etis lasting < per- through + root of petere seek]
per|pet´u|al|ly, adverb.
per|pet´u|al|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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