"undeadliness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Calque of Middle English undedlynesse (or, in some cases, a continuation rather than a calque), from Old English undēadlīcnes (“immortality”); equivalent to undeadly + -ness; compare German Unsterblichkeit, a similarly formed compound. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|enm|undedlynesse}} Calque of Middle English undedlynesse, {{der|en|ang|undēadlīcnes|t=immortality}} Old English undēadlīcnes (“immortality”), {{suf|en|undeadly|ness}} undeadly + -ness, {{noncog|de|Unsterblichkeit}} German Unsterblichkeit Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} undeadliness (uncountable)
  1. The condition of not being susceptible to death; immortality. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: deathlessness, immortality
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