deathless
[deth-lis]
- not subject to death; immortal: the belief that the human soul is deathless.
- unceasing; perpetual: his deathless devotion to the cause.
- likely to endure because of superior quality, timelessness, etc. (sometimes used ironically): deathless prose.
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Origin of deathless
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Examples from the Web for deathless
Contemporary Examples
Finally the epithet of "deathless" gets some explanation, stemming from Golovan's fearless ministrations during a plague.
The deathless man character had been creeping around in other things I had written, so he came next.
Historical Examples
The charm of it all, the deathless charm and the astounding veracity!
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
Tolstoi, I am afraid, has missed all the poetry of Lear, all the deathless phrases.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
He departed, professing over and over again his deathless gratitude.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
Woven of her tenderness, it sparkles with man's deathless gratitude.
I recognized this deathless line as the curtain speech and crawled to my feet.
The RepairmanHarry Harrison
deathless
- immortal, esp because of greatness; everlasting
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