Meanings
alternative ever-living
- not comparableOf or relating to immortality.
...a priest of the eternal imagination, transmuting the daily bread of experience into the radiant body of everliving life
1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - not comparableslangGeneric intensifier.
What the holy everliving fuck was he talking about?
2002, Michael Vaughn, (Please provide the book title or journal name)2 more examples
Dewey shrinks back, thinking, This guy's about to come across this desk, beat the everliving shit out of me.
2003, James Hime, The Night of the DanceFight it—fight it with all my might—and I was getting the everliving hell beaten out of me!
1997, Susan Powter, Sober...and Staying That WaySynonyms: everloving, motherloving
alternative ever-living
- uncountableThat which is living forever.
Be aware you are, and discover the everliving.
1974, Osho, The Book of the Secrets: Discourses on Vigyana Bhairava Tantra2 more examples
In fact, the everliving differs from the eternal.
1995, Brian Copenhaver, Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and IntroductionLucifer and his followers among the Everliving manifested the beauty of God.
2000, Alfred Hamilton, Toadstool Bouquet: Short Fiction by Alfred Hamilton
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWhich lives or continues forever; immortal; everlasting.
adjectiveWhich will never be forgotten.
adjectiveGeneric intensifier.
Origin
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everliving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/everliving
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