DEFINITION: n. The emotional connection between a mother and her child, which continues on through life despite all the protestations. v. To be loved by your mother and even though you complain about it a lot.

Motherpetual

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: moth-er-pet-tu-al

Sentence: It was early on Mother's Day that I first felt the quickening of movement that signaled the beginning of my motherpetual vigil. I realized that from that moment on every breath I took would be a continual prayer for the happiness of another, that every movement would be for and toward the beloved, every gaze would be like the anxious watch of a sentinal for his king, and that no force in heaven and on earth could stop it nor would death ever end it.

Etymology: mother + perpetual: enduring forever

Points: 887

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