Perennial (adj)
pe-ren-ee-al
perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent.
Perennial, “perpetual, continuing,” comes from Latin perennis, “lasting the whole year through,” which is based on per, “through, by,” and -enn-, a combining form of annus, “year.”
Example sentences
“The garden was perennial, nothing required but some maintenance, then it just renewed every year.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
