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perennial

  • adjective
  • per·ni·al
  • /pəˈɹɛn.ɪ.əl/

Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time.

Other meanings

  1. Continuing without cessation or intermission for several years, or for an undetermined or infinite period; never-ending or never failing; perpetual, unceasing.

  2. Appearing or recurring again and again; recurrent.

Related words

  • nonperennial
  • perennialness
  • perennialism
  • perennialist
  • perenniality
  • perennialization
  • perennialize
  • perennially
  • perennial philosophy
  • perenniation

Word history

From Latin "perennis".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “perennial” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.