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undeathliness

undeathliness noun: the state or condition of being undeathly; immortality.

Noun

undeathliness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being undeathly; immortality.
    • The man then right earnest asked the nun of which death the dead man was died and the nun answered him and said that he was died in Mona island through bellycrab three year agone come Childermas and she prayed to God the Allruthful to have his dear soul in his undeathliness.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 368

Origin of undeathliness

Inherited from Middle English undeðlicnesse, from Old English undēaþlīcness. Analyzeable as undeathly + -ness.

Questions about undeathliness

What does undeathliness mean?
Undeathliness means the state or condition of being undeathly; immortality.
What part of speech is undeathliness?
Undeathliness is a noun.

Words near undeathliness in the dictionary

  1. undeaned
  2. undeaning
  3. undeans
  4. undear
  5. undeath
  6. undeathliness
  7. undebarred
  8. undebased
  9. undebatable
  10. undebatably
  11. undebated

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