in·ces·sant
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| 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
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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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incessant
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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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| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
incessant [inˈsesnt] adjective
going on without stopping
Example: incessant noise
Example: incessant noise
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Incessant
In*ces"san*cy\, n. [From Incessant.] The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness. --Dr. T. Dwight.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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