endless

adj

Etymology: From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.

1. Having no end.

   “endless time; endless praise”

   “Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station.”

2. Extending indefinitely.

   “an endless line”

3. Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.

   “In 1903, [Albert Shhoenhut] announced his Humpty Dumpty circus, with over 20 figures and animals, each with six joints enabling them to be put into endless positions.”

4. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

   “All loves are endless.”