imperseverant

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ perseverant.

Adjective

imperseverant (comparative more imperseverant, superlative most imperseverant)

1. (obsolete) Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.
   • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     yet this imperseuerant Thing loues him in my despight.

References

• “imperseverant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• privateersmen