permanency
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin permanentia.[1] Compare permanence.
Noun edit
permanency (countable and uncountable, plural permanencies)
- The state or quality of permanence.
- The permanency of the new government is questionable.
- (countable) A person or thing permanently in residence.
- 1885, Gertrude Jerdon, Keyhole Country, page 108:
- Family Ghosts are permanencies, you know; but I'll tell you what I'll do.
Synonyms edit
- perdurance, remanence; see also Thesaurus:permanence
References edit
- ^ “permanency, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
