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   Per·pet·u·al

   /pərˈpeCH(əw)əl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. never ending or changing: "deep caves in perpetual darkness" Similar everlastingnever-endingeternalpermanentunendingendlesswithout endlastinglong-lastingconstantabidingenduringperennialtimelessagelessdeathlessundyingimmortalunfailingunchangingnever-changingchangelessunvaryingunfadinginvariableimmutableindissolubleindestructibleimperishablerare:sempiternalperdurableconstantpermanentuninterruptedcontinuousunremittingunendingunceasingpersistentunbrokenOpposite transitorytemporaryintermittent
   • ▪ denoting a position, job, or trophy held for life rather than a limited period, or the person holding it: "a perpetual secretary of the society"
   • ▪ (of an investment) having no fixed maturity date; irredeemable: "a perpetual bond"
   • 2. occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted: "their perpetual money worries" Similar interminableincessantceaselessendlesswithout respiterelentlessunrelentingpersistentfrequentcontinualcontinuousnonstopnever-endingrecurrentrepeatedunremittingsustainedround-the-clockalways-onhabitualchronicunabatinginformal:eternal
   • 3. (of a plant) blooming or fruiting several times in one season: "he grows perpetual carnations"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetualis, from perpetuus ‘continuing throughout’, from perpes, perpet- ‘continuous’.

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