unintermittingadj.
(un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective]
continualc1340
jointc1400
directa1513
unbroken1561
successive1586
continuate1601
uninterrupted1602
unintermitted1611
continued1628
concrete1651
constant1653
uninterrupted1657
unintermitting1661
solid1662
continuous1751
uninterrupt1776
unbroke1793
unintermittent1850
unbreathing1893
1661 O. Felltham Upon Eccles. ii. 11 in Resolves (rev. ed.) 384 To procure an un-intermitting joy..is beyond a Solomon.
1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 194 In answer to her unintermitting Reproaches.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. v. 117 All were ready to sink under the toils of unintermitting service.
a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 4 The flashes of lightning were..unintermitting.
1890 Retrospect Med. 102 368 The continuous roar..is..unintermitting.
Derivatives
uninterˈmittingness 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
1866 A. I. Ritchie Village on Cliff xiv His talk was a wonder of ingenuity and unintermittingness.
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