5. Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive. "Some eternal villain."
The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.
Syn. -- Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See Everlasting.
E*ter"nal, n. 1. One of the appellations of God.
Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work.
Hooker.