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perennial
English
Etymology
1644, from Latin perennis (“lasting through the whole year”) (itself from per- (“through”) + annus (“year”)) + -al; surface analysis per- +? -ennial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p????ni.?l/
Adjective
perennial (not comparable)
- Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time.
- (botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years.
- Coordinate terms: annual, biennial
- (figuratively) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; never failing.
- Synonyms: perpetual, permanent, unceasing
- (figuratively) Enduring; lasting; timeless.
- Synonyms: timeless, everlasting, perpetual; see also Thesaurus:eternal
- (figuratively) Recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again.
- Synonyms: recurring, repetitious; see also Thesaurus:repetitive
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
perennial (plural perennials)
- A perennial plant; a plant that is active throughout the year or survives for more than two growing seasons.
- Coordinate terms: annual, biennial, evergreen
Translations
Further reading
- perennial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- perennial plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- -prenaline
perennial From the web:
- what perennial means
- what perennials bloom all summer
- what perennials to plant in the fall
- what perennials are deer resistant
- what perennials grow in full shade
- what perennials to plant with tulips
- what perennials do well in shade
- what perennials to plant in spring
endless
English
Etymology
From Middle English endeles, from Old English endel?as (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end +? -less.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ndl?s/, /??ndl?s/
- Hyphenation: end?less
Adjective
endless (not comparable)
- Having no end.
- endless time; endless praise
- Extending indefinitely.
- an endless line
- (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
- All loves are endless.
Synonyms
- (having no end): unending; see also Thesaurus:endless
- (extending indefinitely): eternal, infinite, unlimited; see also Thesaurus:infinite or Thesaurus:eternal
Antonyms
- finite
- limited
Derived terms
- endlessly
- endlessness
Translations
Anagrams
- Seldens
endless From the web:
- what endless mean
- what's endless shrimp
- what's endless love about
- what endless love mean
- what's endless summer
- what endless knot symbolize
- what endless ripple means
- what endless time
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