imperseverant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From im- + perseverant.
Adjective[edit]
imperseverant (comparative more imperseverant, superlative most imperseverant)
- (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[edit]
- “imperseverant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.