perdurable

[per-doo r-uh-buh l, -dyoo r-]

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adjective

very durable; permanent; imperishable.

Theology. eternal; everlasting.

Origin of perdurable

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English word from Late Latin word perdūrābilis. See per-, dure², -able

Related formsper·dur·a·bil·i·ty, per·dur·a·ble·ness, nounper·dur·a·bly, adverbun·per·dur·a·ble, adjectiveun·per·dur·a·bly, adverb

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Related Words for perdurable

abiding, chronic, durable, enduring, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, old, perennial, permanent, persevering, persistent, pursuing, advancing, maintaining, persisting, progressing, sustaining

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Historical Examples of perdurable

Hir cloes weren maked of ryt delye redes and subtil crafte of perdurable matere.
Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae'
Geoffrey Chaucer
This is the meaning in the reference to the eternal throne (“perdurable chayer”) of God.
Astronomical Lore in Chaucer
Florence M. Grimm
The primal object of religion is to disclose to us this perdurable basis of life, and foster our growth into communion with it.
The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day
Evelyn Underhill
We should have fastened the branches of life together in long elastic wires of the thin-drawn gold of perdurable sentiment.
Hypolympia
Edmund Gosse
She felt at once the fugitive character of its apparent existence, the perdurable Reality within which it was held.
Practical Mysticism
Evelyn Underhill

British Dictionary definitions for perdurable

perdurable

adjective

rare extremely durable

Derived Formsperdurability, nounperdurably, adverb

Word Origin for perdurable

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

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Word Origin and History for perdurable

adj.

mid-13c. (implied in perdurably), from Old French pardurable "eternal, everlasting, perpetual" (12c.), from Late Latin perdurabilis, from perdurare, from per-, intensive prefix, + durare "to endure" (see endure).