unreturning
unreturning adjective: not returning; not coming back.
Adjective
unreturning (not comparable)
- Not returning; not coming back.
- So, thou hast pass'd the unreturning gate,
Where dust with dust doth linger, and gone down
In all the beauty of thy blooming years
To this most sacred city of the dead.1842, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Tomb of a Young Friend at Mount Auburn, page 34 - For gifts that die have living memories—
Voices of unreturning days, that breathe
The spirit of a day that never dies.1908, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, Four Plays of Aeschylus, Dedication, page 4
- So, thou hast pass'd the unreturning gate,
Origin of unreturning
From un- + returning.
Words formed from unreturning
Questions about unreturning
- What does unreturning mean?
- Unreturning means not returning; not coming back.
- What part of speech is unreturning?
- Unreturning is an adjective.
Words near unreturning in the dictionary
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