immortal
(adjective) not subject to death
deity, divinity, god, immortal
(noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
immortal
(noun) a person (such as an author) of enduring fame; “Shakespeare is one of the immortals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
immortal (not comparable)
Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
Connected with or relating to immortality.
(obsolete) Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
• undeadly
• deathless
• everlasting
• mortal
immortal (plural immortals)
One who is not susceptible to death.
A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
A member of the Académie française.
(Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon; a wizard.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*mor"tal, a. Etym: [L. immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf. F. immortel. See Mortal, and cf. Immortelle.]
1. Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance. Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. 1 Tim. i. 17. For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself Shak.
2. Connected with, or pertaining to immortability. I have immortal longings in me. Shak.
3. Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame. One of the few, immortal names, That were not born yo die. Halleck.
4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] Hayward. Immortal flowers, imortelles; everlastings.
Syn.
– Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying.
Im*mor"tal, n.
Definition: One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. Bunyan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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