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sempiternous

sempiternous adjective: everlasting; endless.

Adjective

sempiternous (comparative more sempiternous, superlative most sempiternous)

  1. (formal) everlasting; endless
    • These, according to tradition, were originally a race of pestilent sempiternous beldames, who peopled these parts long before the memory of man.1809, Washington Irving, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker

Forms of sempiternous

comparativemore sempiternous
superlativemost sempiternous

Questions about sempiternous

What does sempiternous mean?
Sempiternous means everlasting; endless.
What part of speech is sempiternous?
Sempiternous is an adjective.

Words near sempiternous in the dictionary

  1. sempitans
  2. sempitern
  3. sempiternal
  4. sempiternally
  5. sempiternity
  6. sempiternous
  7. sempiternum
  8. sempiternums
  9. semple
  10. semples
  11. semplice

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