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interminable

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English interminable, from Middle French interminable and its etymon Late Latin interminābilis. By surface analysis, in- + terminable.

  1. Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.

    After supper Sir Pitt Crawley began to smoke his pipe; and when it became quite dark, he lighted the rushlight in the tin candlestick, and producing from an interminable pocket a huge mass of papers, began reading them, and putting them in order.

    The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English interminable, from Middle French interminable and its etymon Late Latin interminābilis. By surface analysis, in- + terminable.

  1. A repeating decimal.