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ageless sleep en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess Sleeping Beauty.
    • She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red, red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day. 1959, Erdman Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film)

Synonyms

eternal sleep