everlasting

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Lasting or enduring forever

   Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.

   • And vvhether vve ſhall meete againe, I knovv not: / Therefore our euerlaſting farevvell take: / For euer, and for euer, farevvell, Caſſius, / If vve do meete againe, vvhy vve ſhall ſmile; / If not, vvhy then this parting vvas vvell made.
   • And I will giue vnto thee, and to thy ſeed after thee, the land wherein thou art a ſtranger, all the land of Canaan, for an euerlaſting poſſeſſion, and I will be their God.
   • VVhy, in Heaven I ſhall have an everlaſting Holyday of Pleaſure.
2. 2

   Continuing for a long period

   Continuing for a long period; eternal.

   • this everlasting nonsense
   • And it [this History] is compiled rather for an Everlasting Possession, then to be rehearſed for a Prize.
   • [T]hink hovv [Francis] Bacon ſhin'd, / The vviſeſt, brighteſt, meaneſt of Mankind: / Or raviſh'd vvith the vvhiſtling of a Name, / See [Oliver] Cromvvell, damn'd to everlaſting Fame!
3. 3

   Happening all the time, especially to a tiresome extent

   Happening all the time, especially to a tiresome extent; constant, incessant, unending.

   • It is never dark here, you are novv come to the Country of Everlaſting Day; VVhat think you? Is not this Eliſium?
   • I'll diſpatch Them as ſoon as I can, but Heaven knovvs vvhen I ſhall get rid of Them, for They are both everlaſting Goſſips; […]
   • There from a cave with torrent force, / And everlasting roar, / The black bitumen rolled.
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   1. 4

      Of clothing or fabric

      Of clothing or fabric: lasting a long time; very durable or hard-wearing.

      • [W]ere't not for my ſmooth, ſoft, ſilken Citizen, I vvould quit this tranſitorie trade, get mee an euerlaſting robe, ſeare vp my conſcience, and turne Serieant.
   2. 5

      Chiefly in the name of a plant

      Chiefly in the name of a plant:

   3. 6

      Used as an intensifier.

      • The everlastin’ cus he stuck his one-pronged pitchfork in me / An’ made a hole right thru my close ez ef I wuz an in’my.
      • "Come home now," he cried, "an' stop yet jawin', er I'll lam the everlasting head off yehs."
   4. 7

      Synonym of everlastingly.

      • The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on 'em.
   5. 8

      Chiefly with a descriptive word

      Chiefly with a descriptive word: short for everlasting flower (“any of several plants, chiefly of the family Asteraceae (principally the tribe Gnaphalieae), having flowers that retain their colour and form when dried; also, a flower of such a plant”)

      • With a backward look Small said, “What a lovely lily!” / “Well enough but strong-smelling, gaudy. Come see the everlastings.”
   6. 9

      Preceded by the

      Preceded by the: someone or something that lasts forever, or that that has always existed and will continue to exist forever; an eternal, an immortal; specifically (Christianity), God.

      • [T]he people of Thebais in Ægipt, reiected all the ſaid abſurdities of many Goddes, ſaying that there was none other God but only he whom they called Cnef [Kneph?], which was neuer borne, nor could euer dye, that is to ſay the Euerlaſting.
      • O that this too too sallied fleſh vvould melt, / Thavv and reſolue it ſelfe into a devve, / Or that the euerlaſting had not fixt / His cannon gainſt ſeale ſlaughter, ô God, God,
      • Reverently I replaced the grave-cloths, and, with a sigh that flowers so fair should, in the purpose of the Everlasting, have only bloomed to be gathered to the grave, I turned to the body on the opposite shelf, and gently unveiled it.
   7. 10

      Synonym of lasting (“(uncountable) a durable, plain, woven fabric formerly used for…

      Synonym of lasting (“(uncountable) a durable, plain, woven fabric formerly used for making clothes and for the uppers of women's shoes; (countable) a quantity of such fabric”).

   8. 11

      Short for everlasting trimming (“(uncountable) an embroidered edging used on underclothes

      Short for everlasting trimming (“(uncountable) an embroidered edging used on underclothes; (countable) a quantity of such edging”)

The neighborhood

• synonymcontinual
• synonymendless
• synonymeternal
• synonymimmortal
• synonymincessant
• synonyminfinite
• synonyminterminable
• synonymnever-ending
• synonympermanent
• synonymunceasing
• synonymunintermitted
• synonymuninterrupted
• antonymephemeral
• antonymfinite
• antonymlimited
• antonymmortal
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