perennial, recurrent, repeated
(adjective) recurring again and again; “perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recurrent (not comparable)
Recurring; happening time after time.
Synonyms: perennial, repetitious, Thesaurus:repetitive
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) Non-transient.
Synonym: persistent
Antonym: transient
(anatomy) Running back toward its origin.
Antonym: precurrent
(entomology) Turned back toward the base.
• currenter
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cur"rent (-rent), a. Etym: [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. récurrent. See Recur.]
1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery. Recurrent fever. (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing.
– Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand.
– Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 January 2025
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
