diuturnity

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noun

Long duration; lastingness.

OriginLatin diuturnitatem →
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Meanings

noundiuturnity (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableLong duration; lastingness.

    What Prince can promise such diuturnity unto his Reliques […] Diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation

    1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Buriall, Anchor, published 1967, pages 279, 282

Origin

  1. Latindiuturnitatem
  2. Englishdiuturnity

From Latin diuturnitatem.

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