immortal

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɔɹtəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɔːtəl/
• Hyphenation: im‧mor‧tal

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl

immortal (not comparable)

1. Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
2. Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.

   his immortal words

3. Connected with or relating to immortality.
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     I have immortal longings in me.

4. (obsolete) Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
   • 1603, John Hayward, The Right of Succession Asserted:

     immortal and mercyless butchery

• deathless
• everlasting
• undeadly
• undying

• mortal

• (never dying): indestructible, unabolishable, unextinguishable
• (being always remembered): unerasable

immortal (plural immortals)

1. One who is not susceptible to death.
   • 2018 May 28, Claire Messud, “Turning Circe Into a Good Witch”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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 member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
3. A member of the Académie française.
4. (Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.

   Synonyms: immort, wizard

   • 1999, Corey Crawford, “RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals”, in rec.games.mud.announce (Usenet):

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

• mortal
• mortality
• mortician

•   Persian Immortals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Académie française on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Latin immortālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.murˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [im.morˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.moɾˈtal]

immortal m or f (masculine and feminine plural immortals)

1. immortal

   Antonym: mortal

• immortalitat