diuturnity

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English

Etymology

From Latin diuturnitatem.

Noun

diuturnity (uncountable)

  1. (rare, obsolete) Long duration; lastingness.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Buriall (Anchor 1967, p. 279, 282)
      What Prince can promise such diuturnity unto his Reliques
    • Diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation
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