perdurable
per·du·rable
adjective
1.
- “less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys”
- “the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent”
Origin
From Middle English perdurable, from Old French pardurable, from Medieval Latin perdūrābilis, from Latin perdurāre (“to endure”), from per- (“throughout”) + durare (“to last”).
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