unceasingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈsisɪŋ/ Never ceasing, incessant, continuous. (Common from c1750.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action)
ithanda1300
continualc1340
unstintingc1380
perpetuala1382
unfailinga1382
unceasing1382
everlastinga1398
restless?a1439
continuedc1440
running1492
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
universal1561
never-ceasing1567
still1570
unpausing1585
ceaseless1590
uncessable1596
indesinent1601
uninterrupted1602
unceasable1604
Sabbathless1605
unceased1605
unintermissive1610
unstaying1616
constant1653
jugial1654
uninterrupted1657
stopless1660
uncheque1671
chronical1672
unarrested1733
well-sustained1743
uninterrupt1776
unsuspended1792
sustained1796
pauseless1820
unhalting1832
persistent1842
unresting1856
unbreaking1870
non-stop1915
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > lasting, continuous
endlessc888
perpetuala1382
unceasing1382
restless?c1425
biding1430
continual1462
remanent?a1475
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
never-ceasing1567
still1570
ceaseless1590
indesinent1601
unceasable1604
unintermissive1610
constant1653
jugial1654
tarrying1654
insuccessive1678
perpetuative1785
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Pet. ii. 14 Hauynge iȝen ful of auoutrie, and vncesynge trespasse, deceyuynge vnstedefast soules.
1410 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) II. 12 To thee cherubyn and seraphym crien with uncecynge vois.
1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. iii. xxix. 9 Nor [do thou] with unceasing Joy survey Fair Æsula's declining Fields.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 157 Still millions more [of gnats] succeed, and produce unceasing torment.
1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. vi. 75 The efforts of the German nations to colonize or plunder were unceasing.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. i. 6 Carrying on unceasing, universal warfare against Heaven.
1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 196 They are still singing, those unceasing children of Egypt, that quaint old refrain.
Derivatives
unˈceasingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > [noun] > quality of being incessant
incessancy?1615
uncessantness1627
incessantness1727
unceasingness1727
unintermittingness1866
ceaselessness1877
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > continuance, duration
arrestc1386
continuance1393
tenor1398
lasta1400
lastinga1400
abiding?a1425
demur1533
remanence1558
subsistence1600
continualness1611
incessancy?1615
continuancy1621
uncessantness1627
mansion1637
subsistency1642
remanency1647
unintermissiveness1651
indesinency1657
continuation1664
unintermission1681
incessantness1727
unceasingness1727
unintermittingness1866
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Incessantness, Continualness, Unceasingness.
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