Definition of Timeless

1. Adjective. Unaffected by time. "Helen's timeless beauty"

Exact synonyms: Dateless
Similar to: Unaltered, Unchanged
Derivative terms: Timelessness

Definition of Timeless

1. a. Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.

Definition of Timeless

1. Adjective. eternal ¹

2. Adjective. not affected by time; ageless ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Timeless

1. having no beginning or end [adj]

Medical Definition of Timeless

1. Drosophila gene essential for the production of circadian rhythms. The protein product, TIM, may be necessary for the accumulation of the PER protein, the product of the per gene. TIM and PER associate with one another and the regulated interaction seems to determine the entry of PER into the nucleus: both TIM and PER are produced in a circadian cycle. (28 May 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timeless

timecourse
timecourses
timed
timed-release
timed out
timed text
timeframe
timeframes
timeful
timekeeper
timekeepers
timekeeping
timekeepings
timekiller
timekillers
timeless (current term)
timeless existence
timelesslie
timelessly
timelessness
timelessnesses
timelier
timeliest
timelike
timelikeness
timelily
timelimit
timeline
timelined
timelines

Literary usage of Timeless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Some Dogmas of Religion by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (1906)
"If we pass to the second alternative about God's nature—namely, that it is timeless, it is clear that it is also incapable of change. ..."

2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... sway Of timeless darkness over day ; Whirlwind, thunder-clap, and shower Marked it a predestined hour. "> Broad and frequent through the night Flashed ..."

3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"The world was created by God's free choice ; the timeless created the world in time, and upon God it ever depends for continued existence. ..."

4. The Theory of Good and Evil: A Treatise on Moral Philosophy by Hastings Rashdall (1907)
"NOTE ON THE 'timeless SELF' So much prominence has been given to the doctrine ... (3) Another way in which the idea of a 'timeless self seems to be arrived ..."

5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Revelation of St. John by Robert Henry Charles (1920)
"... outside the pure narrative, to an indefinite past, and be practically timeless. (c) The Greek aor. can refer to an event that has just happened, ..."

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