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imperishable, a. (n.)|ɪmˈpɛrɪʃəb(ə)l|
[f. im-2 + perishable: cf. F. impérissable (Cotgr. 1611).]
That cannot perish; not subject to decay; indestructible, immortal, everlasting, enduring. Also as n.
1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. v. §1. 37 Immaculate and imperishable formes. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. 1842 II. 509 That their gods should be represented under a human form, they thought derogatory to beings uncreated and imperishable. 1842Wordsw. Grace Darling 15 But, verily, good deeds Do no imperishable record find Save in the rolls of heaven. 1874Symonds Sk. Italy & Greece (1898) I. xi. 212 This..they owe partly to the imperishable nature of baked clay. a1910‘Mark Twain’ Mysterious Stranger (1916) iii. 27, I am of the aristocracy of the Imperishables. 1964New Statesman 3 Apr. 514/2, I have seen Oliver Twist,..and a number of Jules Verne's imperishables. |