semperidentical

English

Etymology

Blend of Latin semper īdem (“always the same”) +‎ identical.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕm'pərīdĕnʹtĭkəl, IPA^(key): /ˌsɛmpəɹaɪˈdɛntɪkəl/
• (General American) enPR: sĕm'pərĭdĕnʹtĭkəl, IPA^(key): /ˌsɛmpəɹɪˈdɛntɪkəl/

Adjective

semperidentical (not comparable)

1. (rare nonce word) Remaining always the same; unvarying with the passage of time.
   • 1820–1847: Thomas Griffiths Wainewright [aut.] and William Carew Hazlitt [ed.], Essays and Criticisms, page 98 (1880 publication)

     That perfectly semperidentical display of idiosyncratic egotism which runs through…all his varieties.

References

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