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   In·ces·sant

   /inˈses(ə)nt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption: "the incessant beat of the music"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin incessant-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin cessant- ‘ceasing’ (from the verb cessare).

   Derivatives

   • 1. incessancy noun
   • 2. incessantness noun

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   What does incessant mean?

   • His flow of speech is incessant; he seems not a whit disconcerted by my evident disinclination to talk. It affected Bud unpleasantly, just as the incessant bawling of a band of weaning calves used to do. Incessant definition: continuing without interruption; unending; ceaseless. See examples of INCESSANT used in a sentence.

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   What is the meaning of incessantly?

   • 2 : COMPUTATION, CALCULATION incessant (adj) incessant nagging. continuing or following without interruption : unceasing — incessantly adverb hookey (n) playing hookey. TRUANT —used chiefly in the phrase play hooky microphage (n) : a small phagocyte and especially a neutrophil or eosinophil 1887, in the meaning defined above

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   What is incessant adverb?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English in‧ces‧sant /ɪnˈsesənt/ adjective [ usually before noun] continuing without stopping SYN constant The child’s incessant talking started to irritate her. incessant rain —incessantly adverb They quarreled incessantly.

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   What is the root word of incessant?

   • See Synonyms at continual. [Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessant- : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin cessāns, present participle of cessāre, to stop; see cease .] in·ces′san·cy n.

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   • The incessant buzz of conversation filled the student cafeteria. • The incessant buzzing of helicopters filled the evening sky. • Quite apart from the borders' incessant claims on the tsar's attention, they tied down his troops. • Far more wearing for the community at large was the incessant drumming which emanated from the jail-house.

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