What Is the Latin Word for Immortal
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adjective
not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
remembered or celebrated through all time: the immortal words of Lincoln.
not liable to perish or decay; imperishable; everlasting.
perpetual; lasting; constant: an immortal enemy.
of or relating to immortal beings or immortality.
(of a laboratory-cultured cell line) capable of dividing indefinitely.
noun
an immortal being.
a person of enduring fame: Bach, Milton, El Greco, and other immortals.
the Immortals, the 40 members of the French Academy.
(often initial capital letter) any of the gods of classical mythology.
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Origin of immortal
1325–75; Middle English (adj.) <Latin immortālis.See im-2, mortal
OTHER WORDS FROM immortal
im·mor·tal·ly, adverb qua·si-im·mor·tal, adjective qua·si-im·mor·tal·ly, adverb
Words nearby immortal
immoral, immoralism, immoralist, immorality, immoralize, immortal, immortality, immortalize, Immortals, immortelle, immotile
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How to use immortal in a sentence
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So masterfully do we hide death, you would almost believe we are the first generation of immortals.
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In the immortal words of Outkast, "the South got something to say."
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Scrooge has become such an immortal character because he somehow speaks to our worst and best selves.
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So even the most unchanging component of potentially immortal DNA is immersed in anitya, constantly refashioning itself.
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That he skipped old age to go straight to eternal cannot, and does not, surprise his fans, and yet the evidence that he was not immortal remains hard to digest.
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Immortal "The love I have, for my music, for my husband, for my child, is something that will last far beyond my life."
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Many still speak of the deceased president with epitaphs such as "The Giant," "The Immortal," and "The Eternal Comandante."
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And, of course, the immortal films of Joel and Ethan Coen, from The Big Lebowski to O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Not only are they (effectively) immortal, but they can draw on their productive capacity to pay debts.
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It took you about a decade to research and write The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
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But it was neither his talents as a diplomatist, nor his remarkable mind, nor his solid erudition, which made Nicot immortal.
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At this moment the strains of Arditi's immortal waltz, "Il Bacio," resounded through the place.
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No lawgiver had ever been able to devise a perfect and immortal form of government.
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Of all the great problems and precious interests which belong to me as a mortal or immortal being, science knows nothing.
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Possibly their sole possessions consisted of the clothes they had on, a few bad pictures, and their several immortal geniuses.
British Dictionary definitions for immortal
adjective
not subject to death or decay; having perpetual life
having everlasting fame; remembered throughout time
everlasting; perpetual; constant
of or relating to immortal beings or concepts
noun
an immortal being
(often plural) a person who is remembered enduringly, esp an author Dante is one of the immortals
Derived forms of immortal
immortality, noun immortally, adverb
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What Is the Latin Word for Immortal
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