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eonian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /iˈoʊniən/ (US)
• /iːˈəʊnɪən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἰώνιος (aiṓnios, “lasting for an age; perpetual; eternal”) + -an, the former from αἰών (aiṓn, “lifetime; aeon; age; generation”) (whence also eon, aeon) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to an eon
2. (broadly) eon-long, everlasting
   • But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, ⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow ⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54:

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