Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unfading.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Unfading; lasting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare
Permanent ,enduring ; that does notperish .
Etymologies
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Middle French inmarcessible (1482), later immarcescible ("that does not shrivel" or "that does not perish"), from Latin immarcescibilis ("unfading").
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Examples
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I love it when you get so immiscibly immarcescible.
To anyone who thinks I'm irascible. Ann Althouse 2009
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It fadeth not away, but always retains its vigour and beauty, and remains immarcescible, ever entertaining and pleasing the saints who possess it, without the least weariness or distaste.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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