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Webster 1913 Edition


Deathless

Death′less

,
Adj.
Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable;
as,
deathless
beings;
deathless
fame.

Webster 1828 Edition


Deathless

DEATH'LESS

,
Adj.
Immortal; not subject to death, destruction or extinction; as deathless beings; deathless fame.
DEATH'LIKE, a.

Definition 2024


deathless

deathless

English

Adjective

deathless (comparative more deathless, superlative most deathless)

  1. Undying or immortal.
    • 2005, Tony Magistrale, Abject Terrors: Surveying the Modern and Postmodern Horror Film
      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.
  2. Of a work of art or literature: conspicuously excellent, of the highest order, guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten.
    Her novels are filled with unforgettable characters and deathless prose.

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