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perpet

perpet is the alternative form of perpetuana.

Meaning of perpetuana

Noun

perpetuana (countable and uncountable, plural perpetuanas)

  1. (archaic) A durable wool serge fabric.
    • The chief commodities that the European ships bring hither, are linen cloaths, both coarse and fine, some woollens also, as bayzes, searges, perpetuanas, &c.1703, William Dampier, A Voyage to New Holland

Forms of perpet

pluralperpets

Questions about perpet

What is perpet the alternative form of?
Perpet is the alternative form of perpetuana.

Words near perpet in the dictionary

  1. perper
  2. perpera
  3. perpers
  4. perpession
  5. perpessions
  6. perpet
  7. perpetia
  8. perpetrable
  9. perpetrate
  10. perpetrated
  11. perpetrates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perpet (page history and authors); perpetuana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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