deathless
adj/ˈdɛθləs/
Etymology From death + -less.
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Undying or immortal.
- Athena For mighty is the potency of the revered Erinyes both with the deathless high gods and with the powers of the world below; […]1926, Herbert Weir Smyth, “Eumenides”, in Aeschylus, with an English translation, volume II, page 363:
- Like the deathless vampire who must repeat its stalk-and-kill cycle in order to satisfy a recurring blood hunger, the earliest film horrors cannibalized its literary ancestry again and again.2005, Tony Magistrale, Abject Terrors: Surveying the Modern and Postmodern Horror Film:
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- “Hey, how do I kill this guy anyway?” “Finn, you can't kill my Dad!” “Oh, I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean --” “No, you literally can't kill my Dad. He's deathless.” “Oh.”2010 October 11, Adam Muto & Rebecca Sugar, “It Came from the Nightosphere” (3:15 from the start), in Adventure Time, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Marceline the Vampire Queen (Olivia Olson):
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Literature, Media, Publishing Usually, Of a work of art Guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten due to its importance or conspicuous excellence.
- Her novels are filled with unforgettable characters and deathless prose.
- "We cannot do less than call it Ixodes Maloni. The very small inconvenience of being bitten, my young friend, cannot, I am sure, weigh with you as against the glorious privilege of having your name inscribed in the deathless roll of zoology."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
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- Finally, one voice in England proclaimed him a deathless dramatist and portrayer of character (Morgann) (<422).2000, Jacques Barzun, From Dawn to Decadence, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 516:
- So, would we get a Gettysburg address for the 21st century? A deathless line like “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”?2026 July 5, David Smith, “The strangest show on earth: lightning, imperial hubris and a boring tour of Trump’s rhetorical back alleys”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- deathlessly, deathlessness