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in·ces·sant

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–adjective

continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME incessaunte < LL incessant-, equiv. to L in- in-³ + cessant- (s. of cessāns), prp. of cessāre to stop work; see cease, -ant

]

—Related forms

in·ces·san·cy, in·ces·sant·ness, noun

in·ces·sant·ly, adverb

—Synonyms unceasing, constant, continuous, never-ending, perpetual; eternal, everlasting; relentless, unrelenting, unremitting.

—Antonyms intermittent.

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in·ces·sant Audio Help (ĭn-sěs'ənt) Pronunciation Key
adj. Continuing without interruption. See Synonyms at continual.

[Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessant- : Latin in-, not; see in-¹ + Latin cessāns, present participle of cessāre, to stop; see cease.]

in·ces'san·cy n., in·ces'sant·ly adv.

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incessant

1461 (implied in incessantly), from O.Fr. incessant (1358), from L.L. incessantem (nom. incessans) "unceasing," from L. in- "not" + cessantem (nom. cessans), prp. of cessare "cease."

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incessant
adjective
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless]

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incessant [inˈsesnt] adjective

going on without stopping
Example: incessant noise

Arabic:	دائِم، غَير مُنْقَطِع
Chinese (Simplified):	不停的
Chinese (Traditional):	不停的
Czech:	neustálý
Danish:	uafbrudt; uophørlig
Dutch:	onophoudelijk
Estonian:	lakkamatu
Finnish:	lakkaamaton
French:	incessant
German:	unaufhörlich
Greek:	αδιάκοπος
Hungarian:	folytonos
Icelandic:	sífelldur
Indonesian:	terus-menerus
Italian:	incessante

Japanese:	ひっきりなしの
Korean:	그칠 새 없는
Latvian:	nepārtraukts; nemitīgs
Lithuanian:	nenutrūkstamas, nesiliaujamas
Norwegian:	uopphørlig, ustanselig
Polish:	nieustanny
Portuguese (Brazil):	incessante
Portuguese (Portugal):	incessante
Romanian:	neîncetat
Russian:	непрерывный
Slovak:	neustály
Slovenian:	nenehen
Spanish:	incesante
Swedish:	oavbruten, oupphörlig
Turkish:	sürekli