Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

until kingdom come

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

Syllables: un-til k-ing-dom -come
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Until death, until the afterlife.

prep_phrase

At overly frequent intervals.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"I will love you until Kingdom come."
"He pestered me until Kingdom come about the concert."
"Brexeternity The notion that Brexit will never in fact be over; that Britain will be stuck half-in and half-out of the European Union forever, condemned to permanent and mind-numbingly awful negotiations until kingdom come (coined by Tony Blair’s Europe minister Denis MacShane)."
"As it stands, the trajectory of the typical reality TV star is to continue appearing on each iteration of these shows until kingdom come (or until they are offered their own spin-off)."

Usage

Colloquial

Synonyms

forever eternally relentlessly frequently

Questions

What does until kingdom come mean?: Until death, until the afterlife.

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