immortality
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/ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/
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/ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/ (UK) · /ˌɪmɔːɹˈtæləti/ (US)
Definition of immortality
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The condition of being immortal.
“In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.”
“In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future.”
“His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue."”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The condition of being immortal.
“In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.”
“In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future.”
“His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue."”
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(countable, uncountable)The condition of being immortal.
“You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.
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200+ playable · top: IMMORALITY (17 pts)
Best play immorality 17 points9-letter words
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48 words- MALMY 12 pts
- MYOMA 12 pts
- RAMMY 12 pts
- TAMMY 12 pts
- TOMMY 12 pts
- YOMIM 12 pts
- AMITY 10 pts
- ATOMY 10 pts
- LOAMY 10 pts
- MALTY 10 pts
- MARLY 10 pts
- MAYOR 10 pts
- MILTY 10 pts
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- MYLAR 10 pts
- TRYMA 10 pts
- LAIRY 8 pts
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- LYART 8 pts
- LYTTA 8 pts
- RATTY 8 pts
- RIYAL 8 pts
- ROILY 8 pts
- ROYAL 8 pts
- TARTY 8 pts
- AMORT 7 pts
- AMRIT 7 pts
- LIMIT 7 pts
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- MOIRA 7 pts
- MOLAR 7 pts
- MORAL 7 pts
- AIOLI 5 pts
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- LIROT 5 pts
- LITAI 5 pts
- LOTTA 5 pts
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- RATIO 5 pts
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92 words- IMMY 11 pts
- AMYL 9 pts
- ARMY 9 pts
- LIMY 9 pts
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