“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
SEMPITERNAL
dateless, endless, sempiternal
(adjective) having no known beginning and presumably no end; “the dateless rise and fall of the tides”; “time is endless”; “sempiternal truth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sempiternal (not comparable)
Everlasting, eternal.
(philosophy) Everlasting, that is, having infinite temporal duration (as opposed to eternal: outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether).
Synonyms
• eternal
Anagrams
• intersample, planimeters
Source: Wiktionary
Sem`pi*ter"nal, a. Etym: [L. sempiternus, fr. semper always: cf. F. sempiternel.]
1. Of neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end. Sir M. Hale.
2. Without beginning or end; eternal. Blackmore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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