movelessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmuːvləs/, U.S.

/ˈmuvləs/

Forms: see move v. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: move v., -less suffix.

Etymology: < move v. + -less suffix.

Chiefly literary and poetic.

Having no movement or motion, not moving, motionless; immovable, fixed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective]

immobilec1340

moveless1578

motionless1598

immotive1628

dead1647

signless1843

immotile1872

1578 T. Proctor Gorgious Gallery sig. Hij^v Whose mooueles loue and trust, doth reason far surmount.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 393 I conceaue a-right Th' Al-mighty-most to be most infinite:..That moue-les, all he moues.

1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 197 A thousand thousand times my senselesse Sences, Movelesse, stand charm'd by thy sweet influences.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. i. sig. Aa1 My Body as yet lay moveless in the Bed.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 744 The Grecian Phalanx moveless as a Tow'r, On all sides batter'd, yet resists his Pow'r.

1787 A. Yearsley Poems Var. Subj. 90 Yet hail, ye sacred few, Who feel those mental joys to Friendship due, And on them moveless rest.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab i. 7 Let even the restless gossamer Sleep on the moveless air.

1860 S. Brooks Gordian Knot xiii. 95 The policeman inspected all parties with a moveless countenance.

1906 Chambers's Jrnl. May 362/2 As moveless as the stones around him.

1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate (1967) ii. 34 The very old Auntie Bea's rings twinkled on her moveless hand.

1991 M. Stewart Stormy Petrel (1992) (BNC) 33 Even the main track to the village could be treacherous in this blinding moveless white.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moveless
释义	movelessadj. Brit. /ˈmuːvləs/, U.S. /ˈmuvləs/ Forms: see move v. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: move v., -less suffix. Etymology: < move v. + -less suffix. Chiefly literary and poetic. Having no movement or motion, not moving, motionless; immovable, fixed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] immobilec1340 moveless1578 motionless1598 immotive1628 dead1647 signless1843 immotile1872 1578 T. Proctor Gorgious Gallery sig. Hij^v Whose mooueles loue and trust, doth reason far surmount. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 393 I conceaue a-right Th' Al-mighty-most to be most infinite:..That moue-les, all he moues. 1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 197 A thousand thousand times my senselesse Sences, Movelesse, stand charm'd by thy sweet influences. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. i. sig. Aa1 My Body as yet lay moveless in the Bed. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 744 The Grecian Phalanx moveless as a Tow'r, On all sides batter'd, yet resists his Pow'r. 1787 A. Yearsley Poems Var. Subj. 90 Yet hail, ye sacred few, Who feel those mental joys to Friendship due, And on them moveless rest. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab i. 7 Let even the restless gossamer Sleep on the moveless air. 1860 S. Brooks Gordian Knot xiii. 95 The policeman inspected all parties with a moveless countenance. 1906 Chambers's Jrnl. May 362/2 As moveless as the stones around him. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate (1967) ii. 34 The very old Auntie Bea's rings twinkled on her moveless hand. 1991 M. Stewart Stormy Petrel (1992) (BNC) 33 Even the main track to the village could be treacherous in this blinding moveless white. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1578
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