semperannual

English

Etymology

From semper- +‎ annual.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕm'pərăʹnyo͞oəl, IPA^(key): /ˌsɛmpəˈɹænjuːəl/

Adjective

semperannual (not comparable)

1. (rare nonce word) Perpetually perennial.
   • 1861, George Meredith, Evan Harrington, page 239:

     [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?

References

• “semper-annual a.” defined as a derived term of the prefix “‖semper-”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]