Word of the Day: sempiternal

Doctor Dictionary's Word of the Day for Thursday October 6, 2005

sempiternal \sem-pih-TUR-nuhl\, adjective: Of never
ending duration; having beginning but no
end; everlasting; endless.

Sempiternal comes from Medieval Latin
sempiternalis, from Latin sempiternus, a
contraction of semperaeternus, from semper,
"always" + aeternus, "eternal." Synonyms: enduring,
eternal, everlasting, perpetual.