It's the Word of the Day for September 14th.

Today's word is perpetuity, spelled P-E-R-P-E-T-U-I-T-Y.

Perpetuity is a noun.

It refers to a state of continuing forever or for a very long

time. Here's the word used in a sentence from pitchfork by Dash Lewis. This isn't new territory

for the band. Beginning with 2018's modern meta-physics, Peel Dream magazine have taken cues from bands like Stereo Lab and Pram,

exploring the ways that rigid droning repetition can make time feel rubbery.

As they snap back into the present, Black Sings, millions of light years, all of them ours.

The past and future fold into themselves,

braided together in perpetuity. Perpetuity is a forever word, not in the sense that it relates to a

lifelong relationship, as in forever home, but because it concerns the concept of, well, forever. Not only can

perpetuity refer to infinite time, as in eternity, but it can also have a specific legal and

financial use, as for certain arrangements in wills, and for annuities that are payable forever,

or at least for the foreseeable future.

The word ultimately comes from the Latin adjective perpetuous, meaning continual or uninterrupted.

Perpetuous is the ancestor of several additional forever words, including the verb perpetuate, meaning to cause to last indefinitely, and the adjective, perpetual,

meaning continuing forever, occurring continually.

A lesser-known descendant, perpetuana, is now mostly encountered in historical works,

as it refers to a type of durable wool or worsted fabric made in England only from the late 16th through the 18th centuries.

Alas, nothing is truly forever.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Salkalobsky.

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