timeless

comparative more timeless · superlative most timeless

1. Eternal.

   When Worlds, that count his Circles now, unhing’d, (Fate the loud Signal sounding) headlong rush To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose.

   c. 1743, Edward Young, “Night 2: On Time, Death, and Friendship”, in The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality

   Synonyms: eternal

2. Not affected by time; ageless.

   Synonyms: ageless

3. obsoleteDone at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.

   Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death?

   c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act V, scene 4

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   The lamp of day is quench’d beneath the deep, And soft approach the balmy hours of sleep: Nor fits it to prolong the heav’nly feast Timeless, indecent, but retire to rest.

   1725, Alexander, transl. Pope, The Odyssey of Homer, book 3, London: Bernard Lintot, translation of The Odyssey by Homer, page 143, lines 427–430

   Synonyms: ill-timed

4. Not decreasing over time in quality and appeal.

   The cave carvings have a timeless beauty.

   Synonyms: undiminishable, unfading

5. Without a time limit; untimed.

   a timeless cricket match

6. Outside of time; extratemporal.

1. A gene encoding an essential protein that regulates circadian rhythm, normally written in italics: timeless.