unendly en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English *unendly, equivalent to un- + endly. Cognate with German unendlich.
Meanings
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(nonstandard, qualifier:non-native speakers' English, rare) Having no end; infinite; endless; unending.
Shall to the world appeare that faith and love be rewarded with mortall disdaine, bent to unendly revenge? Unto revenge? O sweete, on a wretch wilt thou be revenged? shall sue i high Plannets ende to the losse of a worme?
1590, Sir Philip Sidney, Albert Feuillerat, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, volume 2, page 358:[…] An unendly repetitive transformation from which the process or system is not anymore able to escape.
2012, “Oscillation (Reverberating)”, in Systemspedia, Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unendly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unendly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |