everlasting

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to ever + lasting.

adj

1. Lasting or enduring forever; existing or continuing without end
2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive.
   this everlasting nonsense
3. (philosophy) Existing with infinite temporal duration (as opposed to existence outside of time).

adv

1. (colloquial) Extremely.
   The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them. 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients

noun

1. An everlasting flower.
   ‘It is true perhaps it is too late now for you to look like a rose; but you can always look like an everlasting.’ 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 313
2. (historical) A durable cloth fabric for shoes, etc.
   Everlastings of one kind or another were used to make gaiters, shoe tops and liveries for sergeants and catchpoles. 1988, Eric Kerridge, Textile Manufactures in Early Modern England, page 64