banklessadj.

Brit.

/ˈbaŋkləs/, U.S.

/ˈbæŋkləs/

Forms: see bank n.¹ and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < bank n.¹ + -less suffix. With figurative uses compare boundless adj.

Of a river or body of water: having no banks, not constrained by banks. Also in figurative contexts: boundless, unconfined.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bank > [adjective] > having banks > not

bankless1612

unbanked1650

1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice 15 For thou of beauty art the banckless Sea.

1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War xiii. 354 Bankless Thuria overflows The level Meadows.

1750 J. Kirkpatrick Sea-piece v. 132 The echoing Murmurs of some River near. I see, I see it ripling, with Amaze! A bankless Current speeding thro' the Seas.

1785 Scots Mag. Feb. 91/1 Behold in front the lucid river spread His bankless waters o'er the sunny mead.

1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §143 Lost..amidst bankless, boundless marsh.

a1892 A. H. Marks Igerne & Other Writings (1897) 362 In the deep, bankless river of God's strength and grace.

1918 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 23 622 Silted-up bridges, sterilized bottom lands, bankless wandering rivers, [etc.].

2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 June 11 My memory, that vast and bankless river.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bankless
释义	banklessadj. Brit. /ˈbaŋkləs/, U.S. /ˈbæŋkləs/ Forms: see bank n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bank n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < bank n.¹ + -less suffix. With figurative uses compare boundless adj. Of a river or body of water: having no banks, not constrained by banks. Also in figurative contexts: boundless, unconfined. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bank > [adjective] > having banks > not bankless1612 unbanked1650 1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice 15 For thou of beauty art the banckless Sea. 1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War xiii. 354 Bankless Thuria overflows The level Meadows. 1750 J. Kirkpatrick Sea-piece v. 132 The echoing Murmurs of some River near. I see, I see it ripling, with Amaze! A bankless Current speeding thro' the Seas. 1785 Scots Mag. Feb. 91/1 Behold in front the lucid river spread His bankless waters o'er the sunny mead. 1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §143 Lost..amidst bankless, boundless marsh. a1892 A. H. Marks Igerne & Other Writings (1897) 362 In the deep, bankless river of God's strength and grace. 1918 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 23 622 Silted-up bridges, sterilized bottom lands, bankless wandering rivers, [etc.]. 2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 June 11 My memory, that vast and bankless river. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1612
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