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perpetual
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[pəˈpɛtʃʊəl], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- never ending or changing
(e.g: deep caves in perpetual darkness)
- occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted
(e.g: their perpetual money worries)
- (of a plant) blooming or fruiting several times in one season
(e.g: he grows perpetual flowering carnations)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetualis, from perpetuus ‘continuing throughout’, from perpes, perpet- ‘continuous’
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