timeless

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 16, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>timeless</strong> &#149; \TYME-luss\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Timeless</em> means "not restricted to a particular time or date." It is a synonym of <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eternal">eternal</a></em> or <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ageless">ageless</a></em>.</p> <p>// Fashion experts say that a black dress worn with a strand of pearls is <em>timeless</em>.</p> <p>// <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proverb">Proverbs</a> are statements of <em>timeless</em> wisdom.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timeless">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"But at the heart of the film is a love story, reality or fantasy, fake world or real world, which takes us on a childlike journey of romance that exists on some plane of existence that cannot be denied … and into a storybook world as <em>timeless</em> as any fairytale would." — Mike Poulos, <em>The Niles (Illinois) Journal</em>, 23 Feb. 2022</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>It doesn't take time to understand the origin of <em>timeless</em>. <em>Time</em> comes from Old English <em>tīd</em>, which is tied to Middle English <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tide">tide</a></em>, meaning "time" and in Modern English "the regular upward and downward movement of the level of the ocean."</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>