incessant
Use Incessant in a sentence
ənt adjective
continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English incessaunte < Late Latin incessant-, equivalent to Latin in- in-3 + cessant- (stem of cessāns), present participle of cessāre to stop work; see cease, -ant
1425–75; late Middle English incessaunte < Late Latin incessant-, equivalent to Latin in- in-3 + cessant- (stem of cessāns), present participle 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.
unceasing, constant, continuous, never-ending, perpetual; eternal, everlasting; relentless, unrelenting, unremitting.
Antonyms
intermittent.
intermittent.
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incessant (ɪnˈsɛsənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| not ceasing; continual | |
| [C16: from Late Latin incessāns, from Latin | |
| in'cessancy | |
| —n | |
| in'cessantness | |
| —n | |
| in'cessantly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
It has become nothing but tiresome, incessant blathering.
Picking up after your dog on hotel grounds and quieting incessant meowing and barking are other musts.
Incessant innovation is a characteristic of human beings.
Soon she was getting incessant, intimate text messages from him.
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