timeless
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Adjective
timeless (comparative more timeless, superlative most timeless)
- Eternal.
- c. 1743, Edward Young, “Night 2: On Time, Death, and Friendship”, in The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality:
- When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d,
(Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush
To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose.
- Not affected by time; ageless.
- (obsolete) Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act V, scene 4:
- Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?
- 1725, Alexander, transl. Pope, The Odyssey of Homer, book 3, London: Bernard Lintot, translation of The Odyssey by Homer, page 143, lines 427–430:
- 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.
- Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.
- The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.
Synonyms
- (eternal): eternal, everlasting, immortal, infinite, never-ending, sempiternal; see also Thesaurus:eternal
- (not affected by time): ageless; see also Thesaurus:timeless
- (done at an improper time): ill-timed; see also Thesaurus:untimely
- (not decreasing over time): undiminishable, unfading
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of "eternal"): finite, limited
- (antonym(s) of "not affected by time"): aged, old, sempiternal
- (antonym(s) of "done at an improper time"): timely
Derived terms
terms derived from timeless
Translations
eternal — see eternal
ageless — see ageless
untimely — see untimely
not decreasing over time in quality and appeal
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Noun
timeless
- A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.