Semperannual

//ˌsɛmpəˈɹænjuːəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Perpetually perennial. nonce-word, not-comparable, rare

    "[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?"

Example

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"[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?"

Etymology

From semper- + annual.

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