Terminology Thursday #3

AD INFINITUM

Meaning

ADVERB

1. to infinity
2. endlessly
3. without limit

Origin and History

Ad infinitum comes directly from the Latin word of the same spelling which meant literally "to infinity."

Synonyms

No synonyms.

Antonyms

No antonyms

Examples

1. As for the nuclear whistle-blower who assists her, we first saw him, decades before, in bed with the young musician. And so on, ad infinitum —or ad nauseam, if, like the publisher, you have no taste for “tricksy gimmicks.”
2. And so on and so on, not ad infinitum but for a period at least--the ten years in which he managed to live and work.