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incessant

adj
/ɪnˈsɛs.ənt/

Etymology

From Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin in- + cessāns.

  1. derived from incessāns
  2. inherited from incessaunte

Definitions

  1. Without pause or stop

    Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

    • The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.
    • […] incessant interferings and bickerings, in every country, between the secular powers and the ecclesiastical.
    • The face of Nature may be compared to a yielding surface, with ten thousand sharp wedges packed close together and driven inwards by incessant blows, sometimes one wedge being struck, and then another with greater force.

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