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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

Example Sentences

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Thou shalt win thy fair child's freedom, and my fadeless thanks.

From Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' by Alcott, Louisa May

"Where age hath no power o'er the fadeless frame, Where the eye is fire and the heart is flame!"

From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Cross, Joseph

Then trace no saddening sentence o'er the place Where rests the victor in a heavenward race; Meeter the laurel and the trumpet-strain For one who fought a fadeless crown to gain!

From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various

Nay, more than monarchs—Still the Mantuan swain His fadeless laurel wears—What crowned Augustus' reign?

From Vacation Verse by MacKeracher, W. M.

Not on the gory field of fame Their noble deeds were done; Not in the sound of earth's acclaim Their fadeless crowns were won.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James