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   immortal

   /ɪˈmɔːtl/

   adjective

   • 1. living forever; never dying or decaying: "our mortal bodies are inhabited by immortal souls" Similar undyingnever dyingdeathlesseternalever livingeverlastingnever-endingendlessperpetuallastingenduringconstantabidingimperishableindestructibleinextinguishableunfadingimmutableindissolublerare:sempiternalperdurableOpposite mortal
   • ▪ deserving to be remembered forever: "the immortal children's classic, ‘The Wind in the Willows’" Similar timelessperennialevergreenclassictraditionalagelesstime-honouredabidingenduringunforgettablememorablerememberedfamousfamedrenownedlegendarygreateminentoutstandingacclaimedcelebratedcommemoratedhonouredOpposite forgettableobscure

   noun

   • 1. an immortal being, especially a god of ancient Greece or Rome. Similar godgoddessdeitydivine beingimmortal beingcelestial beingsupreme beingdivinityOlympianOpposite mortal
   • ▪ a person of enduring fame: "he will always be one of the immortals of soccer" Similar greatheroOlympiangeniuscelebrity
   • 2. a member of the French Academy.
   • 3. the royal bodyguard of ancient Persia. historical

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin immortalis, from in- ‘not’ + mortalis (see mortal).

   Derivatives

   • 1. immortally adverb

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