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eternal sleep

eternal sleep noun: a magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess Sleeping Beauty.

Noun

eternal sleep (uncountable)

  1. A magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess Sleeping Beauty.
    • She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day.1959, Erdmann Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film)
  2. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Death

eternal sleep meaning in Bengali

eternal sleep in Bengali

eternal sleep; death
অনন্তনিদ্রা onontonidra

Synonyms of eternal sleep

Questions about eternal sleep

What does eternal sleep mean?
Eternal sleep means a magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess Sleeping Beauty.
What is eternal sleep in Bengali?
Eternal sleep in Bengali is অনন্তনিদ্রা (onontonidra). See Eternal sleep meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is eternal sleep?
Eternal sleep is a noun.

Words near eternal sleep in the dictionary

  1. eternal rest
  2. eternal return
  3. Eternal September
  4. eternal sin
  5. eternal sins
  6. eternal sleep
  7. eternal triangle
  8. eternal triangles
  9. eternalisation
  10. eternalisations
  11. eternalise

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