fadeless

American

[feyd-lis] / ˈfeɪd lɪs /

adjective

not fading or diminishing; unfading.

fadeless British

/ ˈfeɪdlɪs /

adjective

not subject to fading

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Etymology

Origin of fadeless

First recorded in 1645–55; fade + -less

Example Sentences

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Thy foliage is fadeless, no chilling winds blow, No frost has embraced thee, no mantle of snow; Then hail to each sunbeam whose swift airy flight Speeds on for thy valleys each hill-top and height!

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

Freedom has again crowned her with a fresh and fadeless wreath.

From My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Coffin, Charles Carleton

These have twined around her rustic brow a wreath of fadeless glory.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

No Time—no element can mar the fame, Gather'd, like fadeless sunlight, round thy spotless name!

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various

"If the Serpent hadn't interrupted their tête-à-tête—there they would be to this day—wandering love-sick among fadeless flowers, with nothing, nothing, nothing before them but an eternity of love-making!"

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie

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