everlasting; eternal.
Late Latin sempiternālis, equivalent to Latin sempitern (us) everlasting semp (er) always + -i- -i- + -ternus suffix of temporal adjectives (dictionary.com)
"What phosphorescent big teeth you have! What wild eyes! What a battered yet luxuriant fur coat you are wearing! What a congenial companion I shall make of you! And you will shatter my sleep and foreshadow my sempiternal night."
- Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness: A Dictionarrative
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