It's the Word of the Day podcast for May 27th.

Today's word is interminable, spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-B-L-E.

Interminable is an adjective.

It describes things that have or seem to have no end,

especially because they continue for a very long time. Here's the word used in a sentence from

the Manchester Evening News. After what has felt like an interminable winter, spring is finally

in the air. Birds are singing, daffodils and crocuses are pushing their way through the mud,

and, best of all, Greater Manchester has finally been treated to some sunshine this week.

We promise not to ramble on endlessly about the origins of the word interminable.

It was borrowed into English in the 15th century from a Latin word combining

the prefix in I-N meaning not, and the verb terminare meaning to terminate or to limit. Interminable

describes not only something without an actual end or no end in sight, such as interminable traffic,

but also events such as tedious lectures

that drag on in such a way that they give no clear indication of ever wrapping up. Some

relatives of interminable in English include terminate, determine, terminal, and exterminate. With

your word of the day, I'm Peter Salkouloski.

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