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immoral, immortal
immoral (i MAWR uhl, i MAHR uhl) (adjective)
Relating to behavior or beliefs that conflict with perceived traditional and acceptable ways of conduct: Because Mildred chose a stage career, her family thought she had fallen into an immoral way of life.
immortal (i MAWR t'l) (adjective)
Referring to a being having eternal life or existence; never dying, undying: Many religions teach that when a person lives a holy life or is committed to a certain theology, that he or she will be immortal after leaving this mortal life.
immortal (i MAWR t'l) (noun)
The quality of unending or lasting fame or existence: The emperor thought he would be remembered as an immortal in his kingdom when his time came to leave the earth and had to accept the fact that he was getting very old.
The romantic poet gained immortal fame even though many considered his social behavior to be immoral.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group I; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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immortal
1. Not mortal; not liable or subject to death; deathless, undying; living for ever; such as, the immortal soul.
2. In a wider sense, not liable to perish or decay; everlasting, imperishable, unfading, incorruptible.
3. Of fame, or of famous works or their authors; lasting through an unlimited succession of ages that will not fade from the memory of men; remembered or celebrated through all time: "Shakespeare's immortal plays."
2. In a wider sense, not liable to perish or decay; everlasting, imperishable, unfading, incorruptible.
3. Of fame, or of famous works or their authors; lasting through an unlimited succession of ages that will not fade from the memory of men; remembered or celebrated through all time: "Shakespeare's immortal plays."
To make a speech immortal you don't have to make it everlasting.
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-al; -ial, -eal
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mort-, mor-, mori-, morti- +
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(Greek: food of the gods that gave immortality; immortal, divine, excellent)