Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ceaseless

/ˈsiːsləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: cease-less
IPA: /ˈsiːsləs/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without an end.

adj

Without stop or pause, incessant.

Example Sentences

"Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cessōder. Middle French cesserbor. Middle English cesen English cease Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English ceaseless From cease + -less.

Derived Forms

ceaselessly ceaselessness

Synonyms

constant incessant never-ending perpetual unceasing unremitting

Questions

How do you pronounce ceaseless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsiːsləs/.
What does ceaseless mean?: Without an end.
Where does ceaseless come from?: Etymology tree Latin cēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cessōder. Middle French cesserbor. Middle English cesen English cease Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English ceaseless From cease + -less.

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