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immortal

adj
/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/US/ɪˈmɔːtəl/UK

Etymology

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. The term referring to the Persian soldiers was a Calque of Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (athánatos). One suggestion claimed that "Immortals" were named by the ancient Greeks because wounded soldiers were quickly replaced, while another claimed that it was because Greek informants confused Old Persian *anauša- (“immortal, without death”) with Old Persian *anūšiya- (“companion, royal bodyguard”).

  1. derived from *anūšiya-✻
  2. derived from *anauša-✻
  3. calqued from ἀθάνατος
  4. derived from immortālis

Definitions

  1. Not susceptible to death

    Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.

  2. Never to be forgotten

    Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.

    • his immortal words

  3. Connected with or relating to immortality.

    • I have immortal longings in me.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Exceedingly great

      Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.

      • immortal and mercyless butchery

    2. 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.

    3. A preeminent or exemplary person or thing

      A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.

    4. A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.

    5. A member of the Académie française.

    6. An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.

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

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Derived

by the immortal powers, immortalise, immortalism, immortalist, immortality, immortalize, immortal jellyfish, immortally, immortalness, immortal rind, immortalship, unimmortal

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at immortal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01immortal02forever03eternity04future05goodness06god

A definitional loop anchored at immortal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at immortal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA