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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon-

Proto-Germanic *tīmô

Proto-West Germanic *tīmō

Old English tīma

Middle English tyme

English time

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English timeless

From time + -less.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

timeless (comparative more timeless, superlative most timeless)

Eternal.
- c. 1743, Edward Young, “Night 2: On Time, Death, and Friendship”, in The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality‎^[1]:
  When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d,
  (Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush
  To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose.
Not affected by time; ageless.
(obsolete) Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1‎^[2], act V, scene 4:
  Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?
- 1725, Alexander, transl. Pope, The Odyssey of Homer‎^[3], book 3, London: Bernard Lintot, translation of The Odyssey by Homer, page 143, lines 427–430:
  The lamp of day is quench’d beneath the deep,
  And soft approach the balmy hours of sleep:
  Nor fits it to prolong the heav’nly feast
  Timeless, indecent, but retire to rest.
Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.
The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.
Without a time limit; untimed.
a timeless cricket match
Outside of time; extratemporal.

Synonyms

(eternal): eternal, everlasting, immortal, infinite, never-ending, sempiternal; see also Thesaurus:eternal
(not affected by time): ageless; see also Thesaurus:timeless
(done at an improper time): ill-timed; see also Thesaurus:untimely
(not decreasing over time): undiminishable, unfading

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “eternal”): finite, limited
(antonym(s) of “not affected by time”): aged, old, sempiternal
(antonym(s) of “done at an improper time”): timely

Derived terms

Translations

eternal — see eternal

ageless — see ageless

untimely — see untimely

not decreasing over time in quality and appeal

Bulgarian: неостаряващ (neostarjavašt)
Dutch: tijdloos (nl)
Finnish: ajaton (fi)
French: intemporel (fr)
German: zeitlos (de)
Greek: διαχρονικός (el) (diachronikós)
Hindi: कालातीत (hi) (kālātīt)
Hungarian: időtlen (hu)
Polish: ponadczasowy (pl), bezczasowy (pl)
Portuguese: intemporal (pt)
Romanian: extemporal (ro) m
Russian: неподвла́стный вре́мени (nepodvlástnyj vrémeni)
Spanish: intemporal, atemporal, ácrono, acrónico (es)
Swedish: tidlös (sv)

Noun

timeless

A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.