undyingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈdʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈdaɪɪŋ/ a. That does not die; immortal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [adjective] > immortal
undeadlyc950
undeathlyOE
immortalc1374
undyinga1400
ever-living1514
unmortal1538
never-dying1567
tombless1594
deathless1595
transmortal1932
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18620 He ras..Bath godd and man als he was ar, Vndeiand [Trin. Cambr. Vndyinge] nu for euermar.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeeeee4v/1 And [I] wish heartily, that firm affection..may take as deep undying root..betwixt my daughter Casta, and your goodnesse.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 739 Driven down To chains of Darkness, and th' undying Worm. View more context for this quotation
1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xv. 23 They fell devoted, but undying.
1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 195 Unto the Gods undying of the widespread heavenly home.
b. transferred. Of feelings, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]
fasteOE
stathelfasteOE
anredOE
hardOE
starkOE
trueOE
steadfast993
fastredeOE
stithc1000
findyOE
stablea1275
stathelyc1275
stiffc1275
stablec1290
steel to the (very) backa1300
unbowinga1300
stably13..
firm1377
unmovablea1382
constantc1386
abidingc1400
toughc1400
sure1421
unmoblea1425
unfaintedc1425
unfaint1436
permanent?a1475
stalwartc1480
unbroken1513
immovable1534
inconcuss1542
unshaken1548
stout1569
unwavering1570
undiscourageable1571
fixed1574
discourageable1576
unappalled1578
resolute1579
unremoved1583
resolved1585
unflexiblea1586
unshakeda1586
square1589
unstooping1597
iron1598
rocky1601
steady1602
undeclinable1610
unboweda1616
unfainting1615
unswayed1615
staunch1624
undiscourageda1628
staid1631
unshook1633
blue?1636
true blue?1636
tenacious1640
uncomplying1643
yieldless1651
riveting1658
unshakened1659
inconquerable1660
unyielding1677
unbendinga1688
tight1690
unswerving1694
unfaltering1727
unsubmitting1730
undeviating1732
undrooping1736
impervertible1741
undamped1742
undyingc1765
sturdy1775
stiff as a poker1798
unfickle1802
indivertible1821
thick and thin1822
undisheartened1827
inconvertible1829
straightforward1829
indomitable1830
stickfast1831
unsuccumbing1833
unturnable1847
unswerved1849
undivertible1856
unforsaking1862
swerveless1863
steeve1870
rock-ribbed1884
stiff in the back1897
c1765 Falconer Occas. Elegy 31 No more..Shall..hopeless Love impart undying pain.
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III c. 55 By heavenly feet thy paths are trod,—Undying Love's.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate v The undying interest ever felt by kindly women in a question of love or marriage.
Derivatives
unˈdyingly adv.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb]
anredlyOE
fastlyOE
steadfastly?c1225
stifflyc1290
stably1297
steadfasta1300
stoutly1303
steevely1340
sadlya1375
sturdilyc1374
firm1377
surelyc1380
like a flint1382
tough1398
firmlyc1425
unmovablyc1425
but variancec1430
sad?c1430
immovably1435
toughlyc1450
affirmlya1513
wishly1530
constantly1534
steadily1540
fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553
staidly1571
fixedly1605
indeclinably1624
undeclinably1662
unfalteringly1665
unswervingly1805
unwaveringly1830
indomitably1837
rockily1846
unbendingly1847
indivertibly1853
unshakeablya1864
undyingly1881
unshakenly1882
adamantly1897
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 282 He remembered how devotedly,..undyingly, he had once loved..Madeline.
unˈdyingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [noun] > immortality
undeadlinessc1000
undeathlinessOE
undeathshildinessc1175
immortalitya1340
immortalnessc1616
deathlessness1682
immortal1841
undyingnessa1864
athanasy1870
a1864 N. Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1872) 33 That strange idea of undyingness which had recently taken possession of him.
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