semperannual

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UK/ˌsɛmpəˈɹænjuːəl/

adjective

Perpetually perennial.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivesemperannual (not comparable)
  1. nonce wordnot comparablerarePerpetually perennial.

    [S]upposing Lord Mayor’s footmen to be plumed like estridges — gorgeous as the sun at Midsummer — what must Lord Mayors be, and semperannual Lords, and so on to the pinnacle?

    1861, George Meredith, Evan Harrington, page 239

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

“semperannual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semperannual. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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