Immarcescible

//ɪmɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛsɪbəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Permanent, enduring; that does not perish. rare

    "I did not think to see them once again, / For what could bring into an old woman's dream / Canova's immarcescible marble lovers?"

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"I did not think to see them once again, / For what could bring into an old woman's dream / Canova's immarcescible marble lovers?"

Etymology

From Middle French inmarcessible (1482), later immarcescible (“that does not shrivel" or "that does not perish”), from Latin immarcescibilis (“unfading”).

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