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endless

[end-lis] Origin

end·less

[end-lis]
adjective
1.
having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant: an endless series of complaints; Time is endless.
2.
made continuous, as by joining the two ends of a single length: an endless chain or belt.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English endelees, Old English endelēas. See end1, -less

end·less·ly, adverb
end·less·ness, noun
qua·si-end·less, adjective
qua·si-end·less·ly, adverb


1. limitless, illimitable, unending, unceasing, continuous, perpetual. See eternal.

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endless (ˈɛndlɪs)
 
adj
1.  having or seeming to have no end; eternal or infinite
2.  continuing too long or continually recurring
3.  formed with the ends joined: an endless belt
 
'endlessly
 
adv
 
'endlessness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

endless
O.E. endeleas; see end + -less. Related: Endlessly.
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