perdurable

[ per-door-uh-buhl, -dyoor- ]

adjective

1. very durable; permanent; imperishable.
2. Theology. eternal; everlasting.

perdurable

/ pəˈdjʊərəbəl /

adjective

1. rare.
   extremely durable

Derived Forms

• ˈperdurably, adverb
• ˌperduraˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• per·dura·bili·ty per·dura·ble·ness noun
• per·dura·bly adverb
• unper·dura·ble adjective
• unper·dura·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of perdurable¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English word from Late Latin word perdūrābilis. See per-, dure ², -able

Word History and Origins

Origin of perdurable¹

C13: from Late Latin perdūrābilis, from Latin per- (intensive) + dūrābilis long-lasting, from dūrus hard

Example Sentences

This is the meaning in the reference to the eternal throne (“perdurable chayer”) of God.

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The old world held the secret; and he would accept this solitary and perdurable column as the symbol of that secret.

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There was something perdurable in them as well as in her gaunt, sinewy frame.

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She felt at once the fugitive character of its apparent existence, the perdurable Reality within which it was held.

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The economics of the future will be based upon these elemental and perdurable truths.

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