perdurable

From Old English, from Old French, from Latin perdurare (“to endure”), from per- (“throughout”) + durare (“to last”).

perdurable (comparative more perdurable, superlative most perdurable)

1. very durable; long-lasting

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

   • 1937, Ezra Pound, ABC Of Reading:

     There is one quality which unites all great and perdurable writers, you don't NEED schools and colleges to keep 'em alive.

• perdurably
• perdurability

perdurable (plural perdurables)

1. perdurable

• perdurablement

perdurable (plural perdurables)

1. durable

• durable
• duradero