matchlessadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈmatʃləs/, U.S.

/ˈmætʃləs/

Forms: see match n.¹ and -less suffix; also Scottish pre-1700 machthles.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: match n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < match n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare earlier makeless adj.

A. adj.

1. Having no match; without an equal or peer; incomparable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique

unilicheOE

makelessc1225

unevenlyc1230

peerlessc1330

alonea1382

uncomparablea1382

unoverpassablea1382

solea1398

incomparable1412

sans-peer1426

nonpareilc1450

invincible1509

matchless1530

inimitable1531

unmatchable1544

unmatched1548

unpassable1563

alonely1567

inequivalent1568

mateless1570

unparagonized1578

only1581

fellowlessa1586

unimitablea1586

compareless1590

incompared1590

immatchless1595

unequalized1596

nonsuch1598

paragonless1599

immatchable1601

unparalleled1601

uncompeered1602

unpeered1602

imparalleled1604

unpeerable1604

unrivalled1607

uncompanioned1608

unexampled1610

unsurmountable1611

unsurpassable1611

unparagoned1612

patternless1613

unpatterned1617

unique1618

unparallelable1621

parallelless1622

unmatchless1623

single1633

unexemplifieda1634

unsampleda1638

unequalled1639

imparallel1641

unparallel1645

unseconded1646

unexemplary1649

unaccessional1651

unequalable1659

uncome-at-able1694

rivalless1735

untouched1735

unexcelleda1800

unexceeded1813

sans-pareilly1818

unsurpassed1818

unrivallable1823

unapproachable1834

untranscendeda1849

insuperable1849

unbrothered1853

unapproached1856

insurpassable1859

untouchable1867

hors concours1884

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 839/1 Matche lesse, non pareil.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. C2 Then should..the furrowes in my face bee numberlesse, as the griefes of my hart are matchles.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §94. 360 They..plotted the matchlesse, mercilesse, devilish, and damnable gun~powder-treason.

1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. a2 The matchlesse capacity of your Highness.

1718 R. Blackmore Coll. Poems Var. Subj. 55 A young Lion, of his matchless Might Yet ignorant, but grown mature for Fight.

1786 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 4) I. iv. 166 I have also a matchless portrait of the king.

1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill i. iii There she stood before him, in all her matchless beauty.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §3. 374 Her matchless activity used the year to good purpose.

1954 O. Sitwell Four Continents vi. 148 Room after room is filled with matchless examples of French and Burgundian sculpture.

1989 R. Holmes Coleridge p. xv Coleridge was..a matchless letter-writer (six volumes).

†2. Not forming a match or pair. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] > badly or unsuitably matched

unevenlyc1425

matchless1596

unfellowed1597

misgraffed1600

mismatched1638

ill-sorted1691

misgrafted1738

mismated1852

misrelated1881

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A7 With matchlesse eares deformed and distort.

†3. Unmarried. Obsolete.In quot. a1652 with a pun on sense A. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective]

unbespouseda1200

unweddeda1230

single1303

solec1386

onec1395

unmarried1423

unwed1513

solute1554

unspoused1587

aneabil1609

matchlessa1652

a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle i. i, in Five New Playes (1653) A matchlesse Knight Indeed, and shall be matchlesse still for me.

a1657 W. Mure Misc. Poems in Wks. (1898) I. 19 On earth machles we liue alone.

B. adv.

Incomparably. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > in a way that is unparalleled or unique

onlyOE

unilichec1300

unlike?c1335

incomparablyc1422

sans-peer1426

incomparable1482

uncomparably1548

peerless1596

matchlessly1598

peerlessly1600

unimitably1622

unparalleledly1639

matchlessc1650

uniquely1805

unapproachably1846

unsurpassably1859

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 49 The gois symmer matchless fair in Morray.

1878 J. Miller Songs Italy 90 And men did turn and marvel so, And men did say, How matchless fair!

Derivatives

ˈmatchlessness n. the state or fact of being unequalled.

ΚΠ

1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. Ded. sig. A3^v There is one, whose peculiar matchlesness obliges me to as peculiar an acknowledgment.

1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 261 Oh! the firstness, the freeness..the matchlessness of Christ's love to fallen man, in becoming man.

1953 Speculum 28 620 From the tenth century on well-known philologists..sought to deduce the uniqueness of the Qur'ān from the matchlessness of its eloquence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matchless
释义	matchlessadj.adv. Brit. /ˈmatʃləs/, U.S. /ˈmætʃləs/ Forms: see match n.¹ and -less suffix; also Scottish pre-1700 machthles. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: match n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < match n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare earlier makeless adj. A. adj. 1. Having no match; without an equal or peer; incomparable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique unilicheOE makelessc1225 unevenlyc1230 peerlessc1330 alonea1382 uncomparablea1382 unoverpassablea1382 solea1398 incomparable1412 sans-peer1426 nonpareilc1450 invincible1509 matchless1530 inimitable1531 unmatchable1544 unmatched1548 unpassable1563 alonely1567 inequivalent1568 mateless1570 unparagonized1578 only1581 fellowlessa1586 unimitablea1586 compareless1590 incompared1590 immatchless1595 unequalized1596 nonsuch1598 paragonless1599 immatchable1601 unparalleled1601 uncompeered1602 unpeered1602 imparalleled1604 unpeerable1604 unrivalled1607 uncompanioned1608 unexampled1610 unsurmountable1611 unsurpassable1611 unparagoned1612 patternless1613 unpatterned1617 unique1618 unparallelable1621 parallelless1622 unmatchless1623 single1633 unexemplifieda1634 unsampleda1638 unequalled1639 imparallel1641 unparallel1645 unseconded1646 unexemplary1649 unaccessional1651 unequalable1659 uncome-at-able1694 rivalless1735 untouched1735 unexcelleda1800 unexceeded1813 sans-pareilly1818 unsurpassed1818 unrivallable1823 unapproachable1834 untranscendeda1849 insuperable1849 unbrothered1853 unapproached1856 insurpassable1859 untouchable1867 hors concours1884 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 839/1 Matche lesse, non pareil. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. C2 Then should..the furrowes in my face bee numberlesse, as the griefes of my hart are matchles. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §94. 360 They..plotted the matchlesse, mercilesse, devilish, and damnable gun~powder-treason. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. a2 The matchlesse capacity of your Highness. 1718 R. Blackmore Coll. Poems Var. Subj. 55 A young Lion, of his matchless Might Yet ignorant, but grown mature for Fight. 1786 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 4) I. iv. 166 I have also a matchless portrait of the king. 1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill i. iii There she stood before him, in all her matchless beauty. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §3. 374 Her matchless activity used the year to good purpose. 1954 O. Sitwell Four Continents vi. 148 Room after room is filled with matchless examples of French and Burgundian sculpture. 1989 R. Holmes Coleridge p. xv Coleridge was..a matchless letter-writer (six volumes). †2. Not forming a match or pair. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] > badly or unsuitably matched unevenlyc1425 matchless1596 unfellowed1597 misgraffed1600 mismatched1638 ill-sorted1691 misgrafted1738 mismated1852 misrelated1881 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A7 With matchlesse eares deformed and distort. View more context for this quotation †3. Unmarried. Obsolete.In quot. a1652 with a pun on sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective] unbespouseda1200 unweddeda1230 single1303 solec1386 onec1395 unmarried1423 unwed1513 solute1554 unspoused1587 aneabil1609 matchlessa1652 a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle i. i, in Five New Playes (1653) A matchlesse Knight Indeed, and shall be matchlesse still for me. a1657 W. Mure Misc. Poems in Wks. (1898) I. 19 On earth machles we liue alone. B. adv. Incomparably. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > in a way that is unparalleled or unique onlyOE unilichec1300 unlike?c1335 incomparablyc1422 sans-peer1426 incomparable1482 uncomparably1548 peerless1596 matchlessly1598 peerlessly1600 unimitably1622 unparalleledly1639 matchlessc1650 uniquely1805 unapproachably1846 unsurpassably1859 c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 49 The gois symmer matchless fair in Morray. 1878 J. Miller Songs Italy 90 And men did turn and marvel so, And men did say, How matchless fair! Derivatives ˈmatchlessness n. the state or fact of being unequalled. ΚΠ 1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. Ded. sig. A3^v There is one, whose peculiar matchlesness obliges me to as peculiar an acknowledgment. 1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 261 Oh! the firstness, the freeness..the matchlessness of Christ's love to fallen man, in becoming man. 1953 Speculum 28 620 From the tenth century on well-known philologists..sought to deduce the uniqueness of the Qur'ān from the matchlessness of its eloquence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1530
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