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adjective

Perennial adj.

Lasting or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.

Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. "The perennial existence of bodies corporate."

(Bot.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.

Synonyms: Perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring; continual; permanent; uninterrupted.

noun

Perennial n. (Bot.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.

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Etymology of 'Perennial'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Perennial" Quotes from Famous Books

... talked nearly the same as we do, and seem to have had as great light on the primal principles of wisdom and truth and virtue. Who can improve on the sagacity and worldly wisdom of the Proverbs of Solomon? They have a perennial freshness, and appeal to universal experience. It is this fidelity to nature which is one of the great charms of Shakspeare. We quote his brief sayings as expressive of what we feel and know of the certitudes ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI • John Lord

... tourist arrivals, caused by political instability in the region and fluctuations in economic conditions in Western Europe. Economic policy is focused on meeting the criteria for admission to the EU. As in the Turkish sector, water shortages are a perennial problem; a few desalination plants are now online. The Turkish Cypriot economy has less than one-half the per capita GDP of the south. Because it is recognized only by Turkey, it has had much difficulty arranging foreign financing, and foreign firms have hesitated to ...

— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government

... Man's perennial and pathetic curiosity about virtue has no more striking example than the public eagerness to be acquainted with every detail of Scott's life. For what, as a mere story, is that life?—a level narrative of many prosperous years; a sudden financial ...

— Adventures in Criticism • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... him. "I'll have a love-sick girl on my hands," he complained to Mrs. Richie. "You'll have to do your share of it," he barked at her. He had come in through the green door in the garden wall, with a big clump of some perennial in his hands, and a trowel under one arm. "Peonies have to be thinned out in the fall," he said grudgingly, "and I want to get rid of this lot. Where shall I ...

— The Iron Woman • Margaret Deland

... thy own fair life, Like us distracted, and like us unblest. Soon, soon thy cheer would die, Thy hopes grow timorous, and unfix'd thy powers, And thy clear aims be cross and shifting made; And then thy glad perennial youth would fade, Fade, and grow old at last, ...

— Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold • Matthew Arnold

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