• Immemorial

    Origin

    From French immémorial

    Adjective

    adjective

    1. That is beyond memory; ancient.The rocks had stood overlooking the valley since time 'immemorial''.
      • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter XNow, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing.

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