perpetualityn.

Brit.

/pəˌpɛtʃʊˈalᵻti/,

/pəˌpɛtjʊˈalᵻti/, U.S.

/pərˌpɛtʃəˈwælədi/

Forms: see perpetual adj. and -ity suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perpetual adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < perpetual adj. + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin perpetualitas (1061), French perpetualité (1265 in Old French; subsequently from 1868, rare), Old Occitan perpetualitat (1378), Italian †perpetualità (14th cent.). Compare earlier perpetualty n.

The quality, state, or condition of being perpetual; 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

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 184 Ethelred..helde his tyme euer forth the souereigntee In heritage and perpetualitee [c1475 Selden Perpetualte].

1784 E. Allen Reason i. §2. 33 We do not understand the manner of the perpetuality of that fiery world [sc. the sun], or how it became..fire.

1802 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 431 I..found in the restlessness of curiosity a perpetuality of occupation.

1844 E. A. Poe in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Nov. 486/1 Our literature is infested with a swarm of..creatures who succeed in creating for themselves an absolutely positive reputation, by mere dint of the continuity and perpetuality of their appeals to the public.

1909 C. Bouglé in A. C. Seward Darwin & Mod. Sci. xxiii. 467 But this perpetuality..did not long hold out against the ever swelling tide of the historical movement.

1996 Economist 20 July 27/3 You and he may be fated to exchange left messages in seeming perpetuality.

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

单词	perpetuality
释义	perpetualityn. Brit. /pəˌpɛtʃʊˈalᵻti/, /pəˌpɛtjʊˈalᵻti/, U.S. /pərˌpɛtʃəˈwælədi/ Forms: see perpetual adj. and -ity suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perpetual adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < perpetual adj. + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin perpetualitas (1061), French perpetualité (1265 in Old French; subsequently from 1868, rare), Old Occitan perpetualitat (1378), Italian †perpetualità (14th cent.). Compare earlier perpetualty n. The quality, state, or condition of being perpetual; 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 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 184 Ethelred..helde his tyme euer forth the souereigntee In heritage and perpetualitee [c1475 Selden Perpetualte]. 1784 E. Allen Reason i. §2. 33 We do not understand the manner of the perpetuality of that fiery world [sc. the sun], or how it became..fire. 1802 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 431 I..found in the restlessness of curiosity a perpetuality of occupation. 1844 E. A. Poe in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Nov. 486/1 Our literature is infested with a swarm of..creatures who succeed in creating for themselves an absolutely positive reputation, by mere dint of the continuity and perpetuality of their appeals to the public. 1909 C. Bouglé in A. C. Seward Darwin & Mod. Sci. xxiii. 467 But this perpetuality..did not long hold out against the ever swelling tide of the historical movement. 1996 Economist 20 July 27/3 You and he may be fated to exchange left messages in seeming perpetuality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1543
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