imperishable

adjective

im·​per·​ish·​able (ˌ)im-ˈper-i-shə-bəl 

1

: not perishable or subject to decay

2

: enduring or occurring forever

imperishable fame

imperishability

(ˌ)im-ˌper-i-shə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

imperishable noun

imperishableness

(ˌ)im-ˈper-i-shə-bəl-nəs 

noun

imperishably

(ˌ)im-ˈper-i-shə-blē 

adverb

Synonyms

• indestructible
• inextinguishable

Examples of imperishable in a Sentence

the belief that through military glory one could achieve imperishable fame

Recent Examples on the Web

In reality, the change flows in the other direction, as new recruits enter the warm embrace of the imperishable military-industrial complex, eager to learn its ways. —Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2024

Between July 2, 1935, and February 10, 1942, Holiday, backed by Teddy Wilson and his band, logged twenty-one studio sessions, yielding around seventy imperishable songs. —Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024

Published a century ago, the poet’s secular meditation on the Christian sabbath considers the human longing for ‘some imperishable bliss’ amid a culture of waning religiosity. —Daniel Akst, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023

These days humans are the ones feeling entitled and imperishable — despite an accelerating climate crisis and a deteriorating social fabric, especially in the United States. —Cory Oldweiler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022

Meanwhile, Ron stays still, marooned in the crowd, and trapped between his duty as an officer of the law and his deep, imperishable faith in the black cause. —Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021

But this imperishable moment is sometimes caused by a phenomenon slightly rarer than a setting sun: hundreds of thousands of starlings gathering to accentuate the inevitable darkness of nightfall in a flying formation called a murmuration. —Lauryn Hill, Wired, 5 Feb. 2021

Two ancient skeletons that have become a symbol of imperishable love have both been identified as men. —Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2019

The imperishable rock legend Iggy Pop is back with his eighteenth studio album, Free. —Billboard Staff, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for imperishable

• perishable

Kids Definition

imperishable

adjective

im·​per·​ish·​able (ˈ)im-ˈper-ish-ə-bəl 

: indestructible

imperishability

(ˌ)im-ˌper-ish-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

imperishably

(ˈ)im-ˈper-ish-ə-blē 

adverb