ad infinitumadv.

Brit.

/ˌad ɪnfᵻˈnʌɪtəm/, U.S.

/ˌæd ˌɪnfəˈnaɪdəm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ad infīnītum.

Etymology: < classical Latin ad infīnītum < ad to (see ad- prefix) + infīnītum infinity, use as noun of neuter of infīnītus infinite adj.

To infinity; again and again in the same way; endlessly, forever.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adverb]

without metc1175

unendlyc1230

endless138.

infinitely1413

interminably1447

incomprehensibly1531

in infinitum1564

ad infinitum1596

unboundably1607

unlimitedly1609

illimitedlya1631

unconfinedly1655

boundlessly1674

unbeginningly1674

illimitably1755

infinitesimally1801

limitlessly1834

measurelessly1839

1596 R. Agas To All Persons (single sheet) No man may arrogate to himselfe the..title of a perfect..Surueior of Castles,..and Tenements, vnlesse he be able in true forme..and proportion, to plat the same in their particulars, ad infinitum.

1648 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 188. 1704 It was not thought fit to clog the Treaty with any new Propositions; lest it give occasion to the King, to think the like may be continued ad infinitum.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Author's Apol. sig. A3 I'll put you by your selves, lest you at last Should prove ad infinitum .

1718 R. Smith Let. 23 Dec. in I. Newton Corr. (1977) VII. 29 I design to print Tables of the Fluents of all inferior sorts of rational Forms..Besides irrational ones..with Theorems to continue them ad infinitum.

1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. xviii. 326 It is known about Pomfret, that, by this tillage, they are able to repeat the same crop ad infinitum.

1826 Times 22 Aug. 2/2 He multiplied ad infinitum the tenants on his land.

1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry iii. 48 The character of their execution varied ad infinitum.

1912 B. Russell Probl. Philos. xiv. 228 Every distance can be halved, and the halves can be halved again, and so on ad infinitum.

1964 Amer. Notes & Queries Jan. 72/1 Mirror pictures..this kind of repeated or reflected picture of a picture of a picture, ad infinitum.

2006 Vertical Dec. 45 I've never wanted to repeat ad infinitum the same routes and ski tours.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ad infinitum
释义	ad infinitumadv. Brit. /ˌad ɪnfᵻˈnʌɪtəm/, U.S. /ˌæd ˌɪnfəˈnaɪdəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ad infīnītum. Etymology: < classical Latin ad infīnītum < ad to (see ad- prefix) + infīnītum infinity, use as noun of neuter of infīnītus infinite adj. To infinity; again and again in the same way; endlessly, forever. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adverb] without metc1175 unendlyc1230 endless138. infinitely1413 interminably1447 incomprehensibly1531 in infinitum1564 ad infinitum1596 unboundably1607 unlimitedly1609 illimitedlya1631 unconfinedly1655 boundlessly1674 unbeginningly1674 illimitably1755 infinitesimally1801 limitlessly1834 measurelessly1839 1596 R. Agas To All Persons (single sheet) No man may arrogate to himselfe the..title of a perfect..Surueior of Castles,..and Tenements, vnlesse he be able in true forme..and proportion, to plat the same in their particulars, ad infinitum. 1648 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 188. 1704 It was not thought fit to clog the Treaty with any new Propositions; lest it give occasion to the King, to think the like may be continued ad infinitum. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Author's Apol. sig. A3 I'll put you by your selves, lest you at last Should prove ad infinitum . View more context for this quotation 1718 R. Smith Let. 23 Dec. in I. Newton Corr. (1977) VII. 29 I design to print Tables of the Fluents of all inferior sorts of rational Forms..Besides irrational ones..with Theorems to continue them ad infinitum. 1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. xviii. 326 It is known about Pomfret, that, by this tillage, they are able to repeat the same crop ad infinitum. 1826 Times 22 Aug. 2/2 He multiplied ad infinitum the tenants on his land. 1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry iii. 48 The character of their execution varied ad infinitum. 1912 B. Russell Probl. Philos. xiv. 228 Every distance can be halved, and the halves can be halved again, and so on ad infinitum. 1964 Amer. Notes & Queries Jan. 72/1 Mirror pictures..this kind of repeated or reflected picture of a picture of a picture, ad infinitum. 2006 Vertical Dec. 45 I've never wanted to repeat ad infinitum the same routes and ski tours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1596
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