semperannual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌsɛmpəˈɹænjuːəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- sĕm'pərăʹnyo͞oəl (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From semper- + annual.
Meanings
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(nonce-word, not-comparable, rare) Perpetually perennial.
[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?
1861, George Meredith, Evan Harrington, page 239: