eschaton

Origin
Main Entry:  eschaton
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  end of the world, end of time, climax of history
Etymology:  Greek for 'last'
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Eschaton is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Word Origin & History

eschaton
"divinely ordained climax of history," 1935, from Gk. eskhaton, neut. of eskhatos (see eschatology).
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