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sempiternal

[ sem-pi-tur-nl ]

adjective

Literary.
  1. everlasting; eternal.


sempiternal

/ ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ; ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəl /

adjective

  1. literary.
    everlasting; eternal
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Derived Forms

  • sempiternity, noun
  • ˌ𳾱辱ˈٱԲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p·ٱn· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sempiternal1

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin 𳾱辱ٱ, equivalent to Latin sempitern ( us ) everlasting semp ( er ) always + -i- -i- + -ternus suffix of temporal adjectives; eterne ) + - -al 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sempiternal1

C15: from Old French sempiternel, from Late Latin 𳾱辱ٱ, from Latin sempiternus, from semper always + aeternus eternal
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At church, at the altar, there were vestments of gold and the climbing voices of a Mozart mass, tossing rings sempiternal.

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Such disdain is trumped only by the sempiternal public contempt for Congress and car salesmen.

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The sempiternal nurdles, indestructible, swayed on and under the surface of the sea.

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He wrote: “Isn’t that lovely and tear-drawing? true and tender and sempiternal?”

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I bet the soul of him who's dead and blest, To dwell within this sumptuous monument Has left the seats of sempiternal rest!

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