lastingnessn.
/ˈlɑːstɪŋnᵻs/, /ˈlastɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlæstɪŋnᵻs/ The quality of being lasting; continuance, duration, permanence. Also: durability; †constancy, perseverance.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun]
durabilityc1374
duringc1374
lastingnessa1398
perdurance1508
permanence1509
durancea1513
permanency1555
durableness1587
indeficiency1614
duration1637
durancy1647
indelibleness1655
unfailingnessa1656
undissolution1662
permanentness1727
persistency1833
out-take1866
the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] > staying power
lastingnessa1398
unweariness1611
unweariednessa1617
last1622
indefatigationa1646
unweariableness1647
unwearisomeness1649
indefatigability1651
indefatigableness1653
infatigability1709
lasting1762
stamina1803
unweariability1853
staying qualities1856
stickability1858
staying power1859
sitzfleisch1877
bounceback1959
a1398 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Rawl.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 109 (note) (MED) Luf es yhernyng Imelle twa, with lastandnes of thoghts.
c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 419 This wily werld..Vnto the body heghts..hele be lange lastyngnesse, And clethis both body and sawle in perpetuell seekenesse.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1319 Pees is in hewyn with blys and lestandnas.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) ii. §7. 10 The lastandnes of god euermare is all at ans.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B8 The consideration of the exceeding lastingnesse.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 67 Though the heart be the box of love the memory is the box of lastingnesse.
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in Coll. Several Tracts (1727) 621 The Lastingness of any thing adds very much to the Esteem of it.
1718 I. Newton Opticks (ed. 2) iii. i. 322 The lastingness of the Motions excited in the bottom of the Eye by Light.
1770 J. Andrews Rev. Characters Principal Nations Europe I. 289 Though the Concurrence of lucky Events, may seem to promise them Lastingness, they can only protract the Date of their Fall.
1820 Examiner No. 650. 609/1 It was all over with them, as to any real tenure of empire, any lastingness of dictation.
1851 C. Fox Jrnl. (1882) II. 160 The lastingness of an individual conviction is with him a pledge of its truth.
1885 W. Pater Marius the Epicurean II. 19 Anxious to try the lastingness of his own Epicurean rose-garden.
1922 New Republic 17 May 345 As to the lastingness of the friendship, there obviously may be some doubt.
1965 S. A. Ogilvie in tr. K. Badt Art of Cézanne 15 The important thing about it is the idea of permanence and persistence and lastingness and eternity behind it.
2006 R. Foley Best Irish Drinks (new ed.) 198 Three excellences of dress: elegance, comfort, lastingness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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