Word of the Day: Perdurable

Can you pronounce perdurable?

Sunday, July 7, 2024

adjective 1. Enduring continuously; imperishable. "One selling point of cast-iron cookware is how seemingly perdurable it is." "My grandfather always claimed his love for my grandmother was perdurable." "Mozart's influence on music has proved to be perdurable." Latin, late 13th century "Perdurable" comes to us from late Middle English via Old French, with the root in the Latin "perdurare," meaning "endure." You'd be hard-pressed to find anything more perdurable than the isotope xenon-124: It has the longest half-life of any material that's been directly measured in a lab, 18 sextillion years. ... Continue Reading By clicking "Try it in your inbox" you're agreeing to Word Smart's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Do you remember these words?

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