sempiternal

adj
/ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɜː.nəl/UK/ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɝ.nəl/US

Etymology

From Old French sempiternel, from Medieval Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, a contraction of semperæternus, from semper (“always”) + æternus (“eternal”).

  1. derived from sempiternus
  2. derived from sempiternel

Definitions

  1. Everlasting, eternal.

    • Why not sempiternal / Thou and I? Our vernal / Brightness keeping, / Time outleaping: / Passed the hodiernal!
  2. Having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal…

    Having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether; everlasting.

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