timelessness

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/ UK /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of being unaffected by the passage of time

The cathedral's timelessness moved every visitor who entered.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... eternity permanence perpetuity immortality

Opposites

transience impermanence ephemerality

Word family

Related forms timeless time timelessly

Etymology

From timeless (time + -less) + the abstract-noun suffix -ness; time is from Old English tima ('time, period'), from Proto-Germanic *timon.

tima Old English *timon Proto-Germanic

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# timelessness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/

## Meanings
1. the quality of being unaffected by the passage of time

## Examples
- The cathedral's timelessness moved every visitor who entered.

## Synonyms
- eternity
- permanence
- perpetuity
- immortality

## Antonyms
- transience
- impermanence
- ephemerality

## Related Forms
- timeless
- time
- timelessly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tima
- Root: *timon

## Etymology
From timeless (time + -less) + the abstract-noun suffix -ness; time is from Old English tima ('time, period'), from Proto-Germanic *timon.

## AI Etymology
Timelessness comes from timeless (time + -less) + the abstract-noun suffix -ness; time is from Old English tima ('time, period'), from Proto-Germanic *timon. The suffix is part of the word's derivational shape, marking the final grammatical or semantic role while the base supplies the central meaning. As a noun, it denotes "the quality of being unaffected by the passage of time", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Old English tima and Proto-Germanic *timon. Related words include timeless, time, timelessly.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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