Associations to the word «Persister»

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Wiktionary

PERSISTER, noun. Something that persists
PERSISTER, noun. (biology) Any organism that survives a period of extreme conditions (such as winter)

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats