perseverating

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛvəɹeɪtɪŋ/

Verb

perseverating

  1. present participle and gerund of perseverate

Adjective

perseverating (comparative more perseverating, superlative most perseverating)

  1. Exhibiting perseveration; persisting, continuing.
    • 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin, published 2012, page 120:
      The uses in many Western languages of words meaning ‘word’ to refer to acts of speech are perseverating traces of primary orality.
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