perdurable

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15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/(UK)
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/pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/(UK) · /pə(ɹ)ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/(UK) · /pə(ɹ)ˈdʒɔːɹəbəl/(UK) · /pə(ɹ)ˈdʊəɹəbəl/(US)

Definition of perdurable

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Very durable; long-lasting.
    “In Paradyce, that place of pleaſure perdurable / The progeny of parrottis, were fayre and fauorable”
    “O perdurable shame! Let's stab our selues.”
    “Ere now marmoreal floods had spread their couch / Of perdurable snow, or granite wrought / Its skyward impulse from earth's hearth of fire / Up to insanest heights.”
    “There is one quality which unites all great and perdurable writers, you don't NEED schools and colleges to keep 'em alive.”
    “Together, our studies show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced.”

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Etymology

From Middle English perdurable, from Old French pardurable, from Medieval Latin perdūrābilis, from Latin perdurāre (“to endure”), from per- (“throughout”) + durare (“to last”).

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