endless

Etymology

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endelēas (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end + -less.

adj

  1. Having no end.
    endless time; endless praise
    Trains from Lime Street to Edge Hill were hauled by an endless hempen rope worked by a stationary engine on the platform at the latter station. 1942 May-June, “Cable Operation at Liverpool and London”, in Railway Magazine, page 174
  2. Extending indefinitely.
    an endless line
  3. (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

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