perennity

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noun

The quality of being perennial.

OriginLatin perennitas →
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Meanings

nounperennity (usually uncountable, plural perennities)

plural perennities

  1. archaicuncountableusuallyThe quality of being perennial.

    the perennity of divers Springs, which always afford the same quantity of Water

    1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC
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    But these phenomena remain a proof, albeit in reverse, of the perennity of the mystical quest.

    1972, John Bowman, editor, Comparative Religion: The Charles Strong Trust Lectures 1961-1970

Origin

  1. Latinperennitas
  2. Englishperennity

From perenn + -ity, from Latin perennitas.

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APA

perennity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perennity

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perennity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perennity.

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