aeonian

or e·o·ni·an

[ ee-oh-nee-uh n ]
/ iˈoʊ ni ən /

adjective

eternal; everlasting.

Origin of aeonian

1755–65; < Greek aiṓni(os) ( aiṓn aeon + -ios adj. suffix) + -an

Words nearby aeonian

Example sentences from the Web for aeonian

  • If the days of Genesis mean indefinite periods of aeonian duration, how is the seventh day of rest to be understood?

    Creation and Its Records |B.H. Baden-Powell
  • His soul had moved amid similar evocations in some aeonian past, whence now the sand was being cleared away.

    Four Weird Tales |Algernon Blackwood
  • And, afterwards, the new spiritual state will probably be an improvement—Aeonian evolution through all the spheres.

    Psychical Miscellanea |J. Arthur Hill

British Dictionary definitions for aeonian

aeonian

eonian

/ (iːˈəʊnɪən) /

adjective literary

everlasting