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sempiternal

ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːrnəladjective

What does sempiternal mean?

Lasting forever, without end.

Sempiternal, six ways

PlainLasting forever, without end.
ADHDForever. No end. Ever.
Gen ZEternal, but make it fancy.
MetaphorA river with no mouth: it starts, and then it only continues.
FormalEternal and unchanging; everlasting.
Like I’m 5Something that never ends, ever. That’s sempiternal.

How to pronounce sempiternal

sem-pih-TER-nul/ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːrnəl/

Sempiternal in a sentence

The sempiternal hum of the city never stopped.
The sempiternal question of what to have for dinner.
Medieval hymns praise sempiternal glory.

Synonyms for sempiternal

eternalPlainer.
everlastingLasting forever, warmer.
perpetualNever stopping, often tiresome.

Where sempiternal comes from

Latin. Semper, always, and aeternus, eternal.

Good to know

A grand, mostly literary word; it suits the cosmic or the comic, and little in between.

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