endless
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas, from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz, equivalent to end + -less.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈɛndlɪs/, /ˈɛndləs/
endless (not comparable)
- Having no end.
- endless time; endless praise
- Extending indefinitely.
- an endless line
- Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
- (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
- c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC ↗, Act II, scene iii:
- All loves are endless.
- (having no end) unending; see also Thesaurus:endless
- (extending indefinitely) eternal, infinite, unlimited; see also Thesaurus:infinite or Thesaurus:eternal
- French: infini, interminable, perpétuel
- German: endlos, unbegrenzt
- Italian: interminabile, senza fine, infinito
- Portuguese: infinito, infindável, incessante, infindo
- Russian: бесконе́чный
- Spanish: interminable, sinfín, infinito
- German: unbegrenzt, unbeschränkt, unendlich
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