in infinitumadv.

Brit.

/ɪn ˌɪnfᵻˈnʌɪtəm/, U.S.

/ˌɪn ˌɪnfəˈnaɪdəm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in infinītum.

Etymology: < classical Latin in infinītum < in in prep. + infinītum infinite n.

To infinity; again and again in the same way; endlessly, forever; = ad infinitum adv.

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

1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus 4 And so in infinitum, until all years and days be clean past and expired.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 60 He will welcome me with a fierce reioynder:..& so forth in infinitum, with an vndauntable courage.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §37 As for the Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth [sc. concords in music], and so in infinitum; they be but Recurrences of the Former.

1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. iii. 146 Each of these parts is divisible..into other corporeal parts, lesser and lesser, in infinitum.

1713 I. Newton Let. 28 Mar. in Corr. (1975) V. 397 The attracted body will drive the other before it & both will go away together with an accelerated motion in infinitum.

1790 T. Reid Lett. to J. Gregory in Wks. (1846) 86/1 Diminish the time, in infinitum, and the effect of a centripetal force is diminished in infinitum.

1836 A. Bryan Treat. on Lang. xvi. 189 If we adopt the Indian tradition that the world rests on an elephant, and the elephant on a tortoise, we must still find something for the tortoise to rest on; and so in infinitum.

1891 K. Hillebrand tr. A. Schopenhauer Fourfold Root of Princ. Sufficient Reason (new ed.) 42 Every cause is a change, which necessarily obliges us to ask for the preceding change that brought it about, and so on in infinitum, in infinitum!

1969 R. Kelly Common Shore 84 Granted a long enough space of time we can see again the visible disc of the sun in heaven the exact destinations of each & every arc of road, & so on in infinitum.

2009 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 24 Dec. 14 This scene will be repeated in infinitum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	in infinitum
释义	in infinitumadv. Brit. /ɪn ˌɪnfᵻˈnʌɪtəm/, U.S. /ˌɪn ˌɪnfəˈnaɪdəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in infinītum. Etymology: < classical Latin in infinītum < in in prep. + infinītum infinite n. To infinity; again and again in the same way; endlessly, forever; = ad infinitum adv. 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 1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus 4 And so in infinitum, until all years and days be clean past and expired. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 60 He will welcome me with a fierce reioynder:..& so forth in infinitum, with an vndauntable courage. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §37 As for the Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth [sc. concords in music], and so in infinitum; they be but Recurrences of the Former. 1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. iii. 146 Each of these parts is divisible..into other corporeal parts, lesser and lesser, in infinitum. 1713 I. Newton Let. 28 Mar. in Corr. (1975) V. 397 The attracted body will drive the other before it & both will go away together with an accelerated motion in infinitum. 1790 T. Reid Lett. to J. Gregory in Wks. (1846) 86/1 Diminish the time, in infinitum, and the effect of a centripetal force is diminished in infinitum. 1836 A. Bryan Treat. on Lang. xvi. 189 If we adopt the Indian tradition that the world rests on an elephant, and the elephant on a tortoise, we must still find something for the tortoise to rest on; and so in infinitum. 1891 K. Hillebrand tr. A. Schopenhauer Fourfold Root of Princ. Sufficient Reason (new ed.) 42 Every cause is a change, which necessarily obliges us to ask for the preceding change that brought it about, and so on in infinitum, in infinitum! 1969 R. Kelly Common Shore 84 Granted a long enough space of time we can see again the visible disc of the sun in heaven the exact destinations of each & every arc of road, & so on in infinitum. 2009 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 24 Dec. 14 This scene will be repeated in infinitum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1564
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