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Grammar : Adj
Spell : per-pech-oo-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈpɛtʃ u əl

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Définition of perpetual

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French perpetuel "without end" (12c.) and directly from Latin perpetualis "universal," in Medieval Latin "permanent," from perpetuus "continuous, universal," from perpetis, genitive of Old Latin perpes "lasting," probably from per- "through" + root of petere "to seek, go to, aim at" (see petition (n.)). Related: Perpetually. Perpetual motion is attested from 1590s.
  • adj continual, lasting
Example sentences :
  • Else, could I hear the perpetual revilings of her implacable family?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • This perpetual atmosphere of duplicity was positively distasteful.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • It was a perpetual coming and going of fashionable personages.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • His family were kept in perpetual fear of a ridiculous mesalliance.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • In the height of summer might be found there a perpetual shade.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • There were times when Constance almost despised him for his perpetual sunshine.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • This is a text for a perpetual sermon on care in setting fashions.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • It is truly strange that man's mind should have made of life a perpetual strife.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • It haunted me; it was an obsession and a perpetual nightmare.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The thought of her life's perpetual renunciation was killing her.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

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