measurelessnessn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛʒələsnəs/, U.S.

/ˈmɛʒərləsnəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: measureless adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < measureless adj. + -ness suffix.

Chiefly literary and poetic.

Immeasurableness; immeasurable or infinite extent or quantity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > vastness of quantity or amount > unmeasured or unmeasurable

unmeasuredness1435

immensityc1450

immeasurableness1561

immeasurability1824

measurelessness1854

1854 J. S. C. Abbott in Harper's New Monthly Mag. Feb. 326/2 The measurelessness of the calamity.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xix. 315 Feigned and preposterous admiration..varied by a corresponding measurelessness in vituperation.

1925–6 R. Jeffers Coll. Poetry (1988) I. 347 The stars forming and dying In the measurelessness of his lost mind.

1989 ELH 56 54 One signpost among others in the semantic field of measurelessness.

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

单词	measurelessness
释义	measurelessnessn. Brit. /ˈmɛʒələsnəs/, U.S. /ˈmɛʒərləsnəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: measureless adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < measureless adj. + -ness suffix. Chiefly literary and poetic. Immeasurableness; immeasurable or infinite extent or quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > vastness of quantity or amount > unmeasured or unmeasurable unmeasuredness1435 immensityc1450 immeasurableness1561 immeasurability1824 measurelessness1854 1854 J. S. C. Abbott in Harper's New Monthly Mag. Feb. 326/2 The measurelessness of the calamity. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xix. 315 Feigned and preposterous admiration..varied by a corresponding measurelessness in vituperation. 1925–6 R. Jeffers Coll. Poetry (1988) I. 347 The stars forming and dying In the measurelessness of his lost mind. 1989 ELH 56 54 One signpost among others in the semantic field of measurelessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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