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perdurable

UK/pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/US/pə(ɹ)ˈdʊəɹəbəl/

perdurable adjective: very durable; long-lasting.

Adjective

perdurable (comparative more perdurable, superlative most perdurable)

  1. Very durable; long-lasting.
    • In Paradyce, that place of pleaſure perdurable / The progeny of parrottis, were fayre and fauorablec. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott
    • O perdurable shame! Let's stab our selues.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

perdurable meaning in Tamil

perdurable in Tamil

நிலையான, அழியாத, என்றுமுள்ள, நீடித்து உழைக்கக்கூடிய

Examples of perdurable in a sentence

  • 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.1848, Philip James Bailey, “Proëm”, in Festus: A Poem, 3rd edition, London: William Pickering, →OCLC, page vii:
  • The Duke had given her already a horde of fine gifts; but these, he had said, were nothing—trash in comparison with the gift that was to ensure for her a perdurable felicity.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published...
  • There is one quality which unites all great and perdurable writers, you don't NEED schools and colleges to keep 'em alive.1937, Ezra Pound, ABC Of Reading:
  • Together, our studies show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced.2023, Mastroianni, Adam M., Gilbert, Daniel T, “The illusion of moral decline”, in Nature, 618 782-789 (2023):

Synonyms of perdurable

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Forms of perdurable

comparativemore perdurable
superlativemost perdurable

Origin of perdurable

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

Words formed from perdurable

Questions about perdurable

What does perdurable mean?
Perdurable means very durable; long-lasting.
What is perdurable in Tamil?
Perdurable in Tamil is நிலையான, அழியாத, என்றுமுள்ள. See Perdurable meaning in Tamil.
How do you use perdurable in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is perdurable?
Perdurable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce perdurable?
Perdurable is pronounced /pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/ (UK).

Words near perdurable in the dictionary

  1. perdue
  2. perduellion
  3. perdues
  4. perdulous
  5. perdurability
  6. perdurable
  7. perdurableness
  8. perdurably
  9. perdurance
  10. perdurances
  11. perdurant

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