eonian

English

Alternative forms

aeonian, æonian, aionian

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).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /iˈoʊniən/
(UK) IPA^(key): /iːˈəʊnɪən/

Adjective

eonian (comparative more eonian, superlative most eonian)

Of or pertaining to an eon
(by extension) eon-long, everlasting
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXV, page 54:
  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; […]

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