sempiternal \sem-pih-TER-nul\ - of never-ending duration : eternal
Not a term I imagine I'll ever use, but I'm pretty pleased to have recognized the root. I suppose there might be times when I might grab this as a highfalutin cross between "perpetual" and "persistent," especially in contexts in which I wish to accentuate some negative aspect that is ever present in my life.
maunder \MAWN-der\ - 1. chiefly British : grumble 2. to wander slowly and idly 3. to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly
I'm pretty sure I've encountered this word before. What really surprised me was the synonymous definition that was linked at the bottom of the write-up, a word with which I was only familiar in its more common usage.
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