diuturnity

English

Etymology

From Latin diuturnitatem.

Noun

diuturnity (uncountable)

  1. (rare, obsolete) Long duration; lastingness.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Buriall, Anchor, published 1967, pages 279, 282:
      What Prince can promise such diuturnity unto his Reliques […] Diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation
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