perdurable
/pə(ɹ)ˈdʊəɹəbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Very durable; long-lasting.
Example Sentences
- "In Paradyce, that place of pleaſure perdurable / The progeny of parrottis, were fayre and fauorable"
- "O perdurable shame! Let's stab our selues."
- "Ere now marmoreal floods had spread their couch / Of perdurable snow, or granite wrought / Its skyward impulse from earth's hearth of fire / Up to insanest heights."
- "The Duke had given her already a horde of fine gifts; but these, he had said, were nothing—trash in comparison with the gift that was to ensure for her a perdurable felicity."
- "There is one quality which unites all great and perdurable writers, you don't NEED schools and colleges to keep 'em alive."
- "Together, our studies show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced."
Etymology
From Middle English perdurable, from Old French pardurable, from Medieval Latin perdūrābilis, from Latin perdurāre (“to endure”), from per- (“throughout”) + durare (“to last”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: perdurable, pardurable, perdūrābilis, perduro
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pə(ɹ)ˈdʊəɹəbəl/
- British English: /pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/
Inflected Forms
more perdurable (comparative)
most perdurable (superlative)