Dictionary

changeless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos Proto-Celtic *kambosder. Gaulish cambionbor. Latin cambium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin cambiō Late Latin cambiāreder. Old French changierder. Anglo-Norman chaungerbor. Middle English chaungen English change 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 changeless From change + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) unchanging
   • Lest men grow weary down on the great Worlds through gazing always at a changeless sky I will paint my pictures in the sky. And I will paint them twice in every day for so long as days shall be. 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 23:

Antonyms

changeable

Deriveds

changelessly · changelessness

Hypernyms

steady

Relateds

immutable

Synonyms

unchanging · static · equal · unvarying · nonchanging · stationary · changeless · unaltering · constant