perseverating

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈsɛvəɹeɪtɪŋ/

Verb

perseverating

1. present participle and gerund of perseverate

Adjective

perseverating (comparative more perseverating, superlative most perseverating)

1. Exhibiting perseveration; persisting, continuing.
   • 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin, published 2012, page 120:

     The uses in many Western languages of words meaning ‘word’ to refer to acts of speech are perseverating traces of primary orality.