unintermitted en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + intermitted.
Meanings
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(dated) Not intermitted; uninterrupted, ceaseless.
The only action taken by Mr. Dosson in consequence of his elder daughter's revelations was to embrace the idea as a subject of daily pleasantry. He was fond, in his intercourse with his children, of some small usual joke, some humorous refrain; and what could have been more in the line of true domestic sport than a little gentle but unintermitted raillery upon Francie's conquest?
1888, Henry James, The Reverberator, Macmillan and Co.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unintermitted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unintermitted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |