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“ad infinitum”
ad inf., ad infinitum
to infinity (endless)
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ad infinitum
ad infinitum; ad inf.; ad infin. (ad in fuh NIGH tuhm)
Without limit; indefinitely into the future; endlessly.
Jonathan Swift wrote: "So, naturalists observe, a flea hath smaller fleas that on him prey; and these have smaller still to bite ‘em; and so proceed ad infinitum."
The term is often used interchangeably with ad nauseam and the original Latin sense is "beyond limits".
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(a book that is bound to be used and where one word leads to another and another, ad infinitum)