Meanings
- uncountableThe state or condition of being undeathly; immortality.
The man then right earnest asked the nun of which death the dead man was died and the nun answered him and said that he was died in Mona island through bellycrab three year agone come Childermas and she prayed to God the Allruthful to have his dear soul in his undeathliness.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 368
Origin
- Old Englishundēaþlīcness
- Middle Englishundeðlicnesse
- Englishundeathliness
Inherited from Middle English undeðlicnesse, from Old English undēaþlīcness. Analyzeable as undeathly + -ness.
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