deathless
/ˈdɛθləs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten due to its importance or conspicuous excellence.
Example Sentences
- "Athena For mighty is the potency of the revered Erinyes both with the deathless high gods and with the powers of the world below; […]"
- "Like the deathless vampire who must repeat its stalk-and-kill cycle in order to satisfy a recurring blood hunger, the earliest film horrors cannibalized its literary ancestry again and again."
- "“Hey, how do I kill this guy anyway?” “Finn, you can't kill my Dad!” “Oh, I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean --” “No, you literally can't kill my Dad. He's deathless.” “Oh.”"
- "Her novels are filled with unforgettable characters and deathless prose."
- ""We cannot do less than call it Ixodes Maloni. The very small inconvenience of being bitten, my young friend, cannot, I am sure, weigh with you as against the glorious privilege of having your name inscribed in the deathless roll of zoology.""
- "Finally, one voice in England proclaimed him a deathless dramatist and portrayer of character (Morgann) (<422)."
Etymology
Etymology tree English death Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English deathless From death + -less.
Inflected Forms
more deathless (comparative)
most deathless (superlative)