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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

semperidentical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛmpəɹaɪˈdɛntɪkəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌsɛmpəɹɪˈdɛntɪkəl/ (General-American)
  • sĕm'pərĭdĕnʹtĭkəl (General-American)
  • sĕm'pərīdĕnʹtĭkəl (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of Latin semper īdem (“always the same”) + identical.

Meanings

  1. (nonce-word, not-comparable, rare) Remaining always the same; unvarying with the passage of time.
    • 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)