immortal
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
immortal (not comparable)
- Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
- Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
- his immortal words
- Connected with or relating to immortality.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene ii]:
- I have immortal longings in me.
- (obsolete) Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
- (never dying) indestructible, unabolishable, unextinguishable
- (being always remembered) unerasable
- French: immortel
- German: unsterblich
- Italian: immortale
- Portuguese: imortal
- Russian: бессме́ртный
- Spanish: inmortal
- French: inoubliable
- Russian: бессме́ртный
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.
- 1999, "Corey Crawford", RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals (on newsgroup rec.games.mud.announce)
- Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals. […] Immortals do not need experiance
[ sic] .
- Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals. […] Immortals do not need experiance
- 1999, "Corey Crawford", RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals (on newsgroup rec.games.mud.announce)
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