ad infinitum

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad infinitum (“to infinity”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæd ɪnfɪˈnaɪtəm/

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• Rhymes: -aɪtəm
• Hyphenation: ad in‧fi‧ni‧tum

ad infinitum (not comparable)

1. Endlessly; for ever; neverendingly.
   • 1984, Milan Kundera, part I (Lightness and Weight), chapter I, in Michael Henry Heim, transl., The Unbearable Lightness of Being, London: Faber and Faber, translation of Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí, published 1985, →ISBN, page 3:

     The idea of eternal return is a mysterious one, and Nietzsche has often perplexed other philosophers with it: to think that everything recurs as we once experienced it, and that the recurrence itself recurs ad infinitum!

• in īnfīnītō, in īnfīnītum

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ad in.fiːˈniː.tum/, [äd̪ ĩːfiːˈniːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad in.fiˈni.tum/, [äd̪ iɱfiˈniːt̪um]

ad īnfīnītum (not comparable)

1. to or till infinity, to an unlimited extent, without restriction, everywhere, at pleasure

• → English: ad infinitum (learned)
• → Portuguese: ad infinitum (learned)

• “in-fīnītus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• infīnītus ¶4 in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “814/3”
• “infīnītus ¶2” on page 900/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad īnfinītum.

ad infinitum (not comparable)

1. ad infinitum; endlessly

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sempre