Eonian
//iˈoʊniən// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to an eon
- 2 eon-long, everlasting broadly
"But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, The sound of streams that swift or slow Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]"
Adjective
- 1 continuing forever or indefinitely wordnet
- 2 of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) wordnet
Example
More examples"But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, The sound of streams that swift or slow Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]"
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αἰώνιος (aiṓnios, “lasting for an age; perpetual; eternal”) + -an, the former from αἰών (aiṓn, “lifetime; aeon; age; generation”) (whence also eon, aeon) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).
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