eternal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Lasting forever; unending.

   But here again it is another question, quite different from our having an idea of eternity, to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal.

2. 2
   adj

   Constant; perpetual; ceaseless; ever-present.

   Beneath him you might have seen the three of us - myself, sunburnt, young, and vigorous after our open-air tramp; Summerlee, solemn but still critical, behind his eternal pipe; Lord John, as keen as a razor-edge, with his supple, alert figure leaning upon his rifle, and his eager eyes fixed eagerly upon the speaker.

3. 3
   adj

   Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.

   some eternal villain

4. 4
   noun

   One who lives forever; an immortal.

   Yes, I want that raw power that is only offered to the eternals or creators

5. 5
   adj

   tiresomely long

6. 6
   adj

   continuing forever or indefinitely

7. 7
   adj

   Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly.

Etymology

From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe.