immortal

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person (such as an author) of enduring fame

   Shakespeare is one of the immortals

2. 2
   adj

   Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.

   his immortal words

3. 3
   adj

   Connected with or relating to immortality.

   I have immortal longings in me.

4. 4
   adj

   Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.

   immortal and mercyless butchery

5. 5
   noun

   One who is not susceptible to death.

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.

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

7. 7
   adj

   not subject to death

8. 8
   noun

   any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

Etymology

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. The term referring to the Persian soldiers was a Calque of Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (athánatos). One suggestion claimed that "Immortals" were named by the ancient Greeks because wounded soldiers were quickly replaced, while another claimed that it was because Greek informants confused Old Persian *anauša- (“immortal, without death”) with Old Persian *anūšiya- (“comp…