perennityn.

Brit.

/pəˈrɛnᵻti/, U.S.

/pəˈrɛnədi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perennitās.

Etymology: < classical Latin perennitās the quality of existing for a long time < perennis (see perennial adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French perennité permanence (1542 in Rabelais as perannité; 1175 in Old French in an apparently isolated attestation in sense ‘eternity’; French pérennité).

The state or quality of being perennial; permanence, perpetuity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [noun] > eternalness

eternityc1374

incorruptibleness1398

eternalitya1400

perpetualty1435

perpetuity1455

incorruptibilitya1475

perdurance1508

perpetuality1543

perennity1597

sempiternity1599

eternness1606

perpetualness1611

indefectibility1624

alwayness1674

eternalness1727

indefeatabilitya1754

imperishability1813

imperishableness1818

timelessness1836

unfadingness1860

unendingness1881

eternalism1889

agelessness1893

achronism1902

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas 107 Cesternes that are broken and cannot holde, I say not water of life and perennity, but no water at all.

1641 J. Trapp Theologia Theol. Contents sig. A6^v Of the perennity and perpetuity of the Scriptures.

1688 J. Barker Poet. Recreations 24 Ah lovely stream, how fitly may'st thou be, By thy immutability..and perennity, To us the Emblem of Eternity.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. ii. v. 50 The perennity of divers Springs; which always afford the same quantity of Water.

1790 H. Fuseli tr. J. C. Lavater Aphorisms on Man (new ed.) 65 Who of man's race is immortal? He that fixes monuments and gives perennity to transitory things.

1818 E. Elliott Night ii. 46 Where Heav'n Borders on chaos, and dimensionless Rocks in perennity of gloom repose.

1896 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 6 149 Philosophy may claim..over against the sciences that perennity of which Leibnitz spoke.

1921 Nation & Athenæum 17 Dec. 465/1 That which cost Montaigne a lifetime has thereafter been compassed within the year, if not to its advantage, then to its perennity.

1976 Times 20 Dec. 4 M Chirac told party officers yesterday that his objectives were to insure the perennity of Gaullism and to win the next general election.

1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) ii. 46 Jack was still dealing with naval law, the perennity of commissions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perennity
释义	perennityn. Brit. /pəˈrɛnᵻti/, U.S. /pəˈrɛnədi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perennitās. Etymology: < classical Latin perennitās the quality of existing for a long time < perennis (see perennial adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French perennité permanence (1542 in Rabelais as perannité; 1175 in Old French in an apparently isolated attestation in sense ‘eternity’; French pérennité). The state or quality of being perennial; permanence, perpetuity. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [noun] > eternalness eternityc1374 incorruptibleness1398 eternalitya1400 perpetualty1435 perpetuity1455 incorruptibilitya1475 perdurance1508 perpetuality1543 perennity1597 sempiternity1599 eternness1606 perpetualness1611 indefectibility1624 alwayness1674 eternalness1727 indefeatabilitya1754 imperishability1813 imperishableness1818 timelessness1836 unfadingness1860 unendingness1881 eternalism1889 agelessness1893 achronism1902 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas 107 Cesternes that are broken and cannot holde, I say not water of life and perennity, but no water at all. 1641 J. Trapp Theologia Theol. Contents sig. A6^v Of the perennity and perpetuity of the Scriptures. 1688 J. Barker Poet. Recreations 24 Ah lovely stream, how fitly may'st thou be, By thy immutability..and perennity, To us the Emblem of Eternity. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. ii. v. 50 The perennity of divers Springs; which always afford the same quantity of Water. 1790 H. Fuseli tr. J. C. Lavater Aphorisms on Man (new ed.) 65 Who of man's race is immortal? He that fixes monuments and gives perennity to transitory things. 1818 E. Elliott Night ii. 46 Where Heav'n Borders on chaos, and dimensionless Rocks in perennity of gloom repose. 1896 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 6 149 Philosophy may claim..over against the sciences that perennity of which Leibnitz spoke. 1921 Nation & Athenæum 17 Dec. 465/1 That which cost Montaigne a lifetime has thereafter been compassed within the year, if not to its advantage, then to its perennity. 1976 Times 20 Dec. 4 M Chirac told party officers yesterday that his objectives were to insure the perennity of Gaullism and to win the next general election. 1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) ii. 46 Jack was still dealing with naval law, the perennity of commissions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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