Immortal

//ɪˈmɔɹtəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered. not-comparable

    "his immortal words"

  3. 3
    Connected with or relating to immortality. not-comparable

    "I have immortal longings in me."

  4. 4
    Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous. not-comparable, obsolete

    "immortal and mercyless butchery"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not subject to death wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who is not susceptible to death.

    "The brutal insouciance of her fellow immortals — whether her sharp-tongued mother, Perse; or chilly Hermes; or righteous Athena enraged — proves increasingly alien to this thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly."

  2. 2
    any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force wordnet
  3. 3
    A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
  4. 4
    a person (such as an author) of enduring fame wordnet
  5. 5
    A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.; A game of chess of especially high quality and entertainment, regarded as one of the best in history.

    "Anand's Immortal"

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  1. 6
    A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
  2. 7
    A member of the Académie française.
  3. 8
    An administrator of a multi-user dungeon. Internet

    "Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals. […] Immortals do not need experiance^([sic])."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis), equivalent to im- + mortal. Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ.

Etymology 2

From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis), equivalent to im- + mortal. Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ.

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