immortal

Meanings

1. Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
2. Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
3. Connected with or relating to immortality.
4. Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.

1. One who is not susceptible to death.
2. A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
3. A game of chess of especially high quality and entertainment, regarded as one of the best in history.
4. A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
5. A member of the Académie française.
6. An administrator of a multi-user dungeon.

Etymology

From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis), equivalent to im- + mortal. Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ. The term referring to the Persian soldiers was a Calque of Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (athánatos). One suggestion claimed that "Immortals" were named by the ancient Greeks because wounded soldiers were quickly replaced, while another claimed that it was because Greek informants confused Old Persian *anauša- (“immortal, without death”) with Old Persian *anūšiya- (“companion, royal bodyguard”).