unremitting

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[edit] Etymology

1728, un- +‎ remitting, from remit,[1] of Latin origin, in now rare sense of “diminish, abate”. Not from (non-existent) *unremit.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adjective

unremitting (comparative more unremitting, superlative most unremitting)

  1. incessant; never slackening
    • 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
      We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
    • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, Frankenstein[1]:
      These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

incessant

[edit] References

  1. ^ “unremitting” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
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