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endless

adj
/ˈɛndlɪs/

Etymology

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.

  1. inherited from *andijalausaz✻
  2. inherited from endelēas
  3. inherited from endeles

Definitions

  1. Having no end.

    • endless time; endless praise
    • Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station.

  2. Extending indefinitely.

    • an endless line

  3. Too much or many to be exhausted

    Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.

    • In 1903, [Albert Shhoenhut] announced his Humpty Dumpty circus, with over 20 figures and animals, each with six joints enabling them to be put into endless positions.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Without profitable end

      Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

      • All loves are endless.

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Derived

endless belt, endless chain, endless loop, endlessly, endlessness, endless runner, endless saw, endless screw, endless September, endless war

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at endless. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at endless. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at endless

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA