Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incessant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incessant \In*ces"sant\, a. [L. incessans, -antis; pref. in- not
+ cessare to cease: cf. F. incessant. See {Cease}.]
Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing;
unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant
clamors; incessant pain, etc.
Against the castle gate, . . . Which with incessant
force and endless hate, They batter'd day and night and
entrance did await. --Spenser.
Syn: Unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; unremitting;
ceaseless; continual; constant; perpetual.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incessant
adj 1: occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or
uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your
perpetual (or continual) complaints" [syn: {perpetual},
{endless}]
2: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the
ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and
day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the
never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual
struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's
unceasing warfare with drought and isolation";
"unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: {ceaseless}, {constant},
{never-ending}, {perpetual}, {unceasing}, {unremitting}]
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