fadeless

adj

fadeless

adj

Etymology From fade + -less.

1

Not fading; eternal

  • Stranger! new flowers in our vales are seen, With a dazzling eye, and a fadeless green,—1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Stranger's Flower, page 197:
  • Palms of vict'ry thou shall bear, / And a crown of fadeless light / Will be given thee to wear, / And a robe of spotless white.1887, Various, The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland:
2 more examples
  • That look is the fadeless, ever infantile immortality within.1892, Herman Melville, White Jacket:
  • […] And beyond the radiant walls of living stones / They dreamed vast meadows and hills of fadeless green.1910, Helen Keller, The Song of the Stone Wall:
Derived terms
fadelessly, fadelessness

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