Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-FIN'I-TY, n. [Fr. infinité; L. infinitas.]

1. Unlimited extent of time, space or quantity; boundlessness. We apply infinity to God and his perfections; we speak of the infinity of his existence, his knowledge, his power, his goodness and holiness.
2. Immensity; indefinite extent.
3. Endless or indefinite number; a hyperbolical use of the word; as, an infinity of beauties.