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Interminable
interminable
If you describe something as interminable, you are emphasizing that it continues for a very long time and indicating that you wish it was shorter or would stop. ...an interminable meeting. = endless ADJ c darkgreen]emphasis • interminably He talked to me interminably about his first wife. ADV: usu ADV after v
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin interminabilis, from Latin in- + terminare to terminate Date: 15th century having or seeming to have no end; especially wearisomely protracted an ~ sermon • ~ness noun • interminably adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 endless. 2 tediously long or habitual. 3 with no prospect of an end. Derivatives interminableness n. interminably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF interminable or LL interminabilis (as IN-(1), TERMINATE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. бесконечный, вечный; безграничный, беспредельный interminable discourse —- бесконечный разговор interminable sufferings —- нескончаемые страдания interminable controversy —- (из)вечный спор interminable forests —- бескрайние леса ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj very long and boring (interminable delays) - interminably adv (an interminably long speech) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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