sempiternal

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The Word of the Day for July 1 is:

sempiternal   \sem-pih-TER-nul\   adjective
      : of never-ending duration : eternal

Example sentence:
      The owner of the lost exotic bird made it clear that whoever found his 
pet would receive a handsome cash reward as well as his sempiternal gratitude.

Did you know?
      Despite their similarities, "sempiternal" and "eternal" come from 
different roots. "Sempiternal" is derived from the Late Latin "sempiternalis" 
and ultimately from "semper," Latin for "always." (You may recognize "semper" 
as a key element in the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps: "semper fidelis," 
meaning "always faithful.") "Eternal," on the other hand, is derived by way of 
Middle French and Middle English from the Late Latin "aeternalis" and 
ultimately from "aevum," Latin for "age" or "eternity." "Sempiternal" is much 
less common than "eternal," but some writers have found it useful. Ralph Waldo 
Emerson, for example, wrote, "The one thing which we seek with insatiable 
desire is to forget ourselves...to lose our sempiternal memory, and to do 
something without knowing how or why...."





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