perpetual

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective continuing forever or indefinitely
  2. adjective uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

Etymology

From Middle English perpetuel, from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetuālis (“universal”), from perpetuus, from petō.

In classic literature

Synonyms

ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, unending, unceasing

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