incessant
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Etymology edit
From Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin in- + cessāns.
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Adjective edit
incessant (comparative more incessant, superlative most incessant)
- Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
- Synonyms: unremitting, continuous, unceasing
- The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.
Translations edit
without pause or stop; not ending
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
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incessant m or f (masculine and feminine plural incessants)
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Further reading edit
- “incessant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “incessant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “incessant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “incessant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
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incessant (feminine incessante, masculine plural incessants, feminine plural incessantes)
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References edit
- ^ “incessant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb edit
incessant
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