measurelessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɛʒələs/, U.S.

/ˈmɛʒərləs/

Forms: see measure n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < measure n. + -less suffix.

Having no bounds or limits; unlimited, immeasurable, infinite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective]

unbegunc1000

uncircumscriptc1374

endless138.

finitea1400

measurelessc1400

infinite1413

ginningless?1440

immensec1450

unlimitedc1475

infinal?1504

interminate1533

termlessa1542

brinkless1567

without limit1572

uncompassed1577

limitlessa1586

beginningless1587

untermedc1595

boundless1599

illimitate1602

illimited1602

unbeginning1605

incomprehense1606

inconjectable1609

uncircumscribed1610

borderless1611

confinelessa1616

finelessa1616

unconfined1629

uninchoative1649

indefinite1664

incircumscript1677

imprincipiate1683

ensophic1693

interminateda1734

unhorizoned1811

unencompasseda1822

unterminated1853

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge > therefore not able to be measured or estimated

unachteleda1325

inestimablec1374

unmeasureda1398

untolda1400

measurelessc1400

unmeasurablec1400

immeasurable1440

immensurable1535

unestimable1542

modeless1583

immeasured1590

unvalued1590

countless1593

unrecomptless1593

inestimate1614

starlike1616

unmeted1635

inestimal1678

invaluablea1694

immensurate1720

incalculablea1797

uncountable1858

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 225 (MED) Þere is a mede mesurles þat maistris desiriþ.

a1542 T. Wyatt Psalm cii. Prol. 526 in Poems (1969) Here hath he confort when he doth mesure Mesureles marcys to mesureles fawte.

1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 516 To see thee, and thy mercie measurelesse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 104 Measurelesse Lyar.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Kubla Khan in Christabel 57 The caverns measureless to man.

1833 Sir R. Grant in E. Bickersteth Christian Psalmody 17 O measureless Might, ineffable Love.

1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 307 God is parted from the highest forms of created life by a measureless interval.

1891 ‘Q’ Noughts & Crosses 244 He began to descant on these stars, their distances and velocities; how that each was a sun, careering in measureless space.

1913 J. Muir Story of my Boyhood ii. 55 Nor could we in the midst of such measureless excitement see or feel the shadows..of his darkening old age.

1989 L. Kennedy On my Way to Club xix. 331 Otto turned out to have measureless charm and the most courteous manner.

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

单词	measureless
释义	measurelessadj. Brit. /ˈmɛʒələs/, U.S. /ˈmɛʒərləs/ Forms: see measure n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: measure n., -less suffix. Etymology: < measure n. + -less suffix. Having no bounds or limits; unlimited, immeasurable, infinite. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] unbegunc1000 uncircumscriptc1374 endless138. finitea1400 measurelessc1400 infinite1413 ginningless?1440 immensec1450 unlimitedc1475 infinal?1504 interminate1533 termlessa1542 brinkless1567 without limit1572 uncompassed1577 limitlessa1586 beginningless1587 untermedc1595 boundless1599 illimitate1602 illimited1602 unbeginning1605 incomprehense1606 inconjectable1609 uncircumscribed1610 borderless1611 confinelessa1616 finelessa1616 unconfined1629 uninchoative1649 indefinite1664 incircumscript1677 imprincipiate1683 ensophic1693 interminateda1734 unhorizoned1811 unencompasseda1822 unterminated1853 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge > therefore not able to be measured or estimated unachteleda1325 inestimablec1374 unmeasureda1398 untolda1400 measurelessc1400 unmeasurablec1400 immeasurable1440 immensurable1535 unestimable1542 modeless1583 immeasured1590 unvalued1590 countless1593 unrecomptless1593 inestimate1614 starlike1616 unmeted1635 inestimal1678 invaluablea1694 immensurate1720 incalculablea1797 uncountable1858 c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 225 (MED) Þere is a mede mesurles þat maistris desiriþ. a1542 T. Wyatt Psalm cii. Prol. 526 in Poems (1969) Here hath he confort when he doth mesure Mesureles marcys to mesureles fawte. 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 516 To see thee, and thy mercie measurelesse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 104 Measurelesse Lyar. View more context for this quotation 1816 S. T. Coleridge Kubla Khan in Christabel 57 The caverns measureless to man. 1833 Sir R. Grant in E. Bickersteth Christian Psalmody 17 O measureless Might, ineffable Love. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 307 God is parted from the highest forms of created life by a measureless interval. 1891 ‘Q’ Noughts & Crosses 244 He began to descant on these stars, their distances and velocities; how that each was a sun, careering in measureless space. 1913 J. Muir Story of my Boyhood ii. 55 Nor could we in the midst of such measureless excitement see or feel the shadows..of his darkening old age. 1989 L. Kennedy On my Way to Club xix. 331 Otto turned out to have measureless charm and the most courteous manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400
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