foreverness

[ fawr-ev-er-nis, fer- ]

noun

1. permanence; eternity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of foreverness¹

First recorded in 1940–45; forever + -ness

Example Sentences

This was coupled with a claustrophobic sense of obligation, what Raszap called ‘‘a fear of foreverness’’ — ‘‘Like, if I go today, I’ll have to keep going forever.’’

From New York Times

Some say the world will go on and on, extending into the foreverness, but you don't believe it.

From Nature

Hundreds of tributes from fans have also been posted overnight on the website Foreverness, dedicated to the author, where his family also left a message for readers.

From The Guardian

All along she has thought happiness would come in a ring box, but once Eve gets her gem, all she can do is panic over the foreverness of it all--aren't all married people miserable?

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no more than emptiness—the emptiness of sun and molten sky, of grass and scraggy bush, of a brown-and-yellow land stretching into foreverness.

From Project Gutenberg