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perpetual adjective [ pəˈpɛtʃʊəl ]

• never ending or changing.
• "deep caves in perpetual darkness"
Similar: everlasting, never-ending, eternal, permanent, unending, endless, without end, lasting, long-lasting, constant, abiding, enduring, perennial, timeless, ageless, deathless, undying, immortal, unfailing, unchanging, never-changing, changeless, unvarying, unfading, invariable, immutable, indissoluble, indestructible, imperishable, sempiternal, perdurable, uninterrupted, continuous, unremitting, unceasing, persistent, unbroken,
Opposite: transitory, temporary, intermittent,
• occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted.
• "their perpetual money worries"
Similar: interminable, incessant, ceaseless, endless, without respite, relentless, unrelenting, persistent, frequent, continual, continuous, non-stop, never-ending, recurrent, repeated, unremitting, sustained, round-the-clock, always-on, habitual, chronic, unabating, eternal,
• (of a plant) blooming or fruiting several times in one season.
• "he grows perpetual flowering carnations"
Origin: Middle English: from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetualis, from perpetuus ‘continuing throughout’, from perpes, perpet- ‘continuous’.


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