interminable
adjective
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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.
- 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.
- A repeating decimal.