endless

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective tiresomely long; seemingly without end
  2. adjective infinitely great in number
  3. adjective having no known beginning and presumably no end

Etymology

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.

In classic literature

Synonyms

eternal, interminable

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