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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | perpetuel, from Latin perpetuus, from petere 'to go to' |
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per‧pet‧u‧al
[usually before noun]
[usually before noun]1 continuing all the time without changing or stopping [= continuous]: the perpetual noise of the machines a little girl with a perpetual smile
the perpetual noise of the machinesa little girl with a perpetual smile2 repeated many times in a way that annoys you [= continual]: my mother's perpetual nagging
my mother's perpetual nagging3 literary permanent : the perpetual snows of the mountaintops
the perpetual snows of the mountaintops —perpetually adverb
