All 5 Uses of
immortal
in
The Birthmark
- He more than intimated that it was at his option to concoct a liquid that should prolong life for years, perhaps interminably; but that it would produce a discord in Nature which all the world, and chiefly the quaffer of the immortal nostrum, would find cause to curse.†
- "In one sense it is," replied Aylmer; "or, rather, the elixir of immortality.†
immortality = eternal life (to live forever)
- ...whether the liquid which it was distilling should be the draught of immortal happiness or misery.
*immortal = eternal
- He bore a crystal goblet containing a liquor colorless as water, but bright enough to be the draught of immortality.†
immortality = eternal life (to live forever)
- Thus ever does the gross fatality of earth exult in its invariable triumph over the immortal essence which, in this dim sphere of half development, demands the completeness of a higher state.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(immortal) living or existing forever
or:
someone famous throughout history
or:
someone who will never die -- such as a mythological god -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, "The Immortals" denotes a military corps of the Persian Empire. The Immortals were so-named because each time a member of the 10,000 man corps was killed or seriously wounded, he was replaced by another man. They are best remembered in western culture for their role in defeating the badly out-numbered Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.