immarcescible
/ɪmɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛsɪbəl/
immarcescible means permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
immarcescible is pronounced /ɪmɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛsɪbəl/.
Why “immarcescible” is a great word
Resistant to fading, decay, or withering; enduring in form or quality. From the Latin immarcescibilis ("unfading"), from in- ("not") + marcescere ("to wither, fade"). Unlike "marcescible" (which describes a specific susceptibility to fade) or "eternal" (which implies unending time), "immarcescible" denotes a stubborn persistence of substance against the forces of entropy. It is the crimson of Alpine poppies that refuses to brown after decades pressed between pages, the sharp scent of cedar rising from century-old closet linings, or the perfect, unfading blue of a sky in a child's crayon drawing—a quiet resistance to the soft, insistent pull of dissolution.
Etymology
From Middle French inmarcessible (1482), later immarcescible (“that does not shrivel" or "that does not perish”), from Latin immarcescibilis (“unfading”).
adj
- Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.e.g.“I did not think to see them once again, / For what could bring into an old woman's dream / Canova's immarcescible marble lovers?”
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