perdurable
Americanadjective
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very durable; permanent; imperishable.
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Theology. eternal; everlasting.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- perdurability noun
- perdurableness noun
- perdurably adverb
- unperdurable adjective
- unperdurably adverb
Etymology
Origin of perdurable
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English word from Late Latin word perdūrābilis. See per-, dure 2, -able
Example Sentences
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Aseveró que hay algo profundamente perdurable en el mariachi y en la manera en que forma a los jóvenes que lo tocan.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022
The specter of this guilt -- this perdurable archetype of the hostile homecoming -- animates today’s encounters, which seem to have swung to the other unthinking extreme.
From BusinessWeek • Aug. 2, 2011
With self-imposed fortitude, Sechele shout-sings the hymnal verses, "Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising/ Give me joy in my heart, I pray," as if he were the trumpet of perdurable faith.
From Time Magazine Archive
Glenn Ford, 61, perdurable, softspoken, intense Hollywood leading man, and Actress Cynthia Hayward, 30, his three-year flame.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Favoresceis tanto la sciencia andando acompañado de tantos e tan doctísimos varones, que no menos dejareis perdurable memoria de haber alargado e estendido los límites e términos de la sciencia que los del imperio."
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
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