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fadeless

American  
[feyd-lis] / ˈfeɪd lɪs /

adjective

  1. not fading or diminishing; unfading.


fadeless British  
/ ˈfeɪdlɪs /

adjective

  1. not subject to fading

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fadeless

First recorded in 1645–55; fade + -less

Example Sentences

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Not on the gory field of fame Their noble deeds were done; Not in the sound of earth's acclaim Their fadeless crowns were won.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

Thou shalt win thy fair child's freedom, and my fadeless thanks.

From Comic Tragedies Written by 'Jo' and 'Meg' and Acted by The 'Little Women' by Alcott, Louisa May

He has flung over her, designedly it should seem, a veil of immortal texture and fadeless hues, "branched and embroidered like the painted Spring," but almost impenetrable even to our imagination.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

They possess a peculiar value to me in that they throw into fadeless splendor the wealth, the calm, the golden sunlight which lay upon the proud beauty of Atlin Lake.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin

Thy foliage is fadeless, no chilling winds blow, No frost has embraced thee, no mantle of snow; Then hail to each sunbeam whose swift airy flight Speeds on for thy valleys each hill-top and height!

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor