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immortal

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
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/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/ · /ɪˈmɔːtəl/

Definition of immortal

10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
  2. (not-comparable)Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
    “his immortal words”
  3. (not-comparable)Connected with or relating to immortality.
    “I have immortal longings in me.”
  4. (not-comparable, obsolete)Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
    “immortal and mercyless butchery”

noun

  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. A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
  3. A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
    “Anand's Immortal”
  4. A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
  5. A member of the Académie française.
  6. (Internet)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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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,…

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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”).

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