eternalness

e·ter·nal

 (ĭ-tûr′nəl)

adj.

1. Being without beginning or end: belief in an eternal creator.

2.

a. Continuing without interruption; perpetual: earned my eternal gratitude. See Synonyms at continual.

b. Seemingly endless; interminable: eternal waiting at the airport.

n.

1. Something timeless, uninterrupted, or endless: "Shall we speak of universals and eternals?" (Cynthia Ozick).

2. Eternal God. Used with the.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

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e′ter·nal′i·ty (ē′tər-năl′ĭ-tē), e·ter′nal·ness n.

e·ter′nal·ly adv.

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Thesaurus

eternalness

noun

1. The totality of time without beginning or end:

eternality, eternity, infinity, perpetuity, sempiternity.

2. The quality or state of having no end:

ceaselessness, endlessness, eternality, eternity, everlastingness, perpetuity, world without end.

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