Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imperishable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: im-per-ish-able
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.

noun

something that does not perish, or keeps for a long time

Example Sentences

"an imperishable monument"
"The child was to be a prophet, unrivalled among men, and the parent of an imperishable race."
"Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, courtier, statesman and poet, was born at Penshurst in 1554. He won imperishable fame 32 years later at the Battle of Zutphen in Holland when, mortally wounded, he refused a drink of water and passed his flask to a wounded soldier, with the words: 'Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.'"

Etymology

From Middle French impérissable. See im- + perishable.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: impérissable

Inflected Forms

imperishables (plural)

Derived Forms

imperishableness imperishably

Synonyms

abiding enduring

Questions

What does imperishable mean?: Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.
Where does imperishable come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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