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endlessness|ˈɛndlɪsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. The quality of being endless.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 8129 Ffor if endlesnes any end moght hald, Þan war it endlesnes unproperly cald. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Infinité, endlesnesse. 1601Deacon & Walker Spirits & Divels 47 There would be a progresse in endlesnesse. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 382 This dispute for its endlessness was like the mathematical line. 1858Robertson Lect. ii. 181 Bewildering the eye with the feeling of endlessness.
2. concr. Something that has no end.
a. An infinite or everlasting existence.
b. Something indefinitely extended or lengthened; an infinite space, an interminable length.
a1631Donne Serm. clvii. VI. 258 God hath provided us an Endlessness in the world to come. 1820L. Hunt Indicator No. 26 (1822) I. 205 Any thing in the starry endlessness of existence. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 6 Fancy decorates him with an endlessness of airy pigtail. |