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perduration

perduration noun: long endurance or lastingness.

Noun

perduration (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Long endurance or lastingness.

Origin of perduration

From Middle English perduracioun, a blend of perdurablete (“perdurability”) and duracioun (“duration”) or from Latin perdūrātiō, from the past participial stem of perdūrō + -iō.

Questions about perduration

What does perduration mean?
Perduration means long endurance or lastingness.
What part of speech is perduration?
Perduration is a noun.

Words near perduration in the dictionary

  1. perdurant
  2. perdurantism
  3. perdurantist
  4. perdurantists
  5. perdurants
  6. perduration
  7. perdure
  8. perdured
  9. perdures
  10. perduring
  11. perduringly

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