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fadeless

American  
[feyd-lis] / ˈfeɪd lɪs /

adjective

  1. not fading or diminishing; unfading.


fadeless British  
/ ˈfeɪdlɪs /

adjective

  1. not subject to fading

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fadeless

First recorded in 1645–55; fade + -less

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There, with Homer's ghost all hoary, Not with years, but fadeless glory, Lo! he stands; And through that open portal, We behold the bards immortal Clasping hands!

From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by Rhodes, W. H. (William Henry)

Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin

The second line of the second stanza was also changed by Dr. Hastings, the original version by Moore being: Hope, when all others die, fadeless and pure.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin

Teach us to know that things unseen are real, That earth no bloom of fadeless beauty gives, That far beyond the things that sense can feel, The joy of being, and of having, lives.

From Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church by Brownlie, John

The beauteous eyes of fadeless Peace ye see— The eyes of the sweet Lamb; yea—woe is me!

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

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