Link Centre Dictionary

everlasting

ever·las·ting

UK/ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/ US/-ˈlæst-/ fairly common informal us
adjective (5) noun (1)

adjective

1.

continuing forever or indefinitely

  • “the ageless themes of love and revenge”
  • “eternal truths”
  • “life everlasting”
  • “hell”
  • “;”
Synonyms
Similar
2.

expletives used informally as intensifiers

  • “he”
  • “;”
  • “s a blamed shame”
  • “a blame cold winter”
  • “not a blessed dime”
  • “I”
  • “ll do any such thing”
  • “he”
  • “;”
  • “;”
Synonyms
Similar
3.
4.

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

  • “an arrant fool”
  • “a complete coward”
  • “a consummate fool”
  • “a double-dyed villain”
  • “gross negligence”
  • “a perfect idiot”
  • “pure folly”
  • “what a sodding mess”
  • “stark staring mad”
  • “a thoroughgoing villain”
  • “utter nonsense”
  • “the unadulterated truth”
Synonyms
Similar
5.

continuing too long

  • “everlasting complaints”
Similar

noun

1.

any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

Synonyms

Origin

From Middle English ever-lasting (“(adjective) eternal, perpetual; constant; (adverb) eternally; (noun) eternity”), from ever (“at all times, always, constantly; eternally, perpetually; regularly; etc.”) + lasting (“continuing, lasting; eternal; etc.”). * Ever is derived from Old English ǣfre (“ever”), possibly from ā (“always, ever”) + in fēore (“in life”). Ā is from Proto-West Germanic *aiw (“eternity; long time”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time; eternity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“life, vital force; long time; eternity”); and fēore is the dative singular of feorh (“life”), from Proto-West Germanic *ferh (“life; kind of tree”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwą (“body; life; tree”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“oak tree”) (as the oak represented life and vitality in Germanic mythology). * Lasting is derived from lasten (“to continue, last; etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participle forms of verbs, often used as adjectives)); and lasten from Old English lǣstan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-Germanic *laistijaną (“to f...

Phrases

  • everlasting life
  • everlasting pool
  • everlasting staircase
  • everlasting syllabub
  • everlasting trimming

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

Parts

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.