timeless
/tˈaɪmləs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.
adj
Without a time limit; untimed.
adj
noun
A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.
Example Sentences
- "When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d, (Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose."
- "Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?"
- "The lamp of day is quench’d beneath the deep, And soft approach the balmy hours of sleep: Nor fits it to prolong the heav’nly feast Timeless, indecent, but retire to rest."
- "The cave carvings have a timeless beauty."
- "a timeless cricket match"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time 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 timeless From time + -less.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more timeless (comparative)
most timeless (superlative)