semperidentical
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of Latin semper īdem (“always the same”) + identical.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕm'pərīdĕnʹtĭkəl, IPA(key): /ˌsɛmpəɹaɪˈdɛntɪkəl/
- (General American) enPR: sĕm'pərĭdĕnʹtĭkəl, IPA(key): /ˌsɛmpəɹɪˈdɛntɪkəl/
Adjective[edit]
semperidentical (not comparable)
- (rare nonce word) Remaining always the same; unvarying with the passage of time.
- 1820–1847: Thomas Griffiths Wainewright [aut.] and William Carew Hazlitt [ed.], Essays and Criticisms, page 98 (1880 publication)
- That perfectly semperidentical display of idiosyncratic egotism which runs through…all his varieties.
- 1820–1847: Thomas Griffiths Wainewright [aut.] and William Carew Hazlitt [ed.], Essays and Criticisms, page 98 (1880 publication)
References[edit]
- “semper-identical a.” defined as a derived term of the prefix “‖semper-”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]