Evermore

Part of speech: adverb

Pronunciation: /ˌɛvɚˈmoɹ/

Definitions

1. Continuing without end, always and eternally
2. Existing or lasting throughout all future moments without ceasing
3. Persisting for all time into the future, never stopping

Etymology: "Evermore" is a compound of "ever" and "more", and its older form was two separate words. In Middle English, "ever more" meant "at all times in the future" or "continually," with "more" carrying its old sense of "further" or "on" rather than a quantity. The two words were fused into one spelling before the 14th century, and the compound has kept that sense of unending continuation ever since. The "more" in the compound is the same word as in "no more," which originally referred to time or extent. Put beside "ever," it stretched the idea of an action continuing forward without limit. That is why "evermore" sounds like a heightened, poetic cousin of "always" rather than a simple synonym of it.

Synonyms: forever, eternally, always, perpetually, constantly

Antonyms: never, temporarily, briefly, occasionally, seldom