[pəˈpɛtʃʊəl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- never ending or changing
(e.g: deep caves in perpetual darkness)

- occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted
(e.g: their perpetual money worries)

- (of a plant) blooming or fruiting several times in one season
(e.g: he grows perpetual flowering carnations)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetualis, from perpetuus ‘continuing throughout’, from perpes, perpet- ‘continuous’