numberlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌmbələs/, U.S.

/ˈnəmbərləs/

Forms: see number n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < number n. + -less suffix.

a. Innumerable, countless, beyond computation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > innumerable or unreckonable

untellinga1300

unnumberablea1382

unnumerable?a1425

innumberable1434

intellable1537

numberless1573

uncountable1582

innumeral1585

countless1593

incomputable1606

sumlessa1616

unreckonable1647

accountless?1650

unsummable1667

uncomputable1678

unaccountablea1699

unenumerated1799

unenumerable1895

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) xi. R b The hugie heape of such as there lay slaine, Both numbrelesse, and honourlesse they burne.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. C2 Then should..the furrowes in my face bee numberlesse.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 68 To bee in heaven, and in numberlesse places of the Earth.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 197 About his Chariot numberless were pour'd Cherub and Seraph.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Introd. p. iii Numberless Instances might be mentioned.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. ix. 189 The clergy exercised numberless cruelties.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 337 The cavern has recesses numberless.

1879 R. K. Douglas Confucianism iii. 79 The ‘Book of History’ contains numberless references to them.

1896 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Dec. 1626/2 I saw interlaced and numberless hoops in the air.

1948 E. Waugh Loved One 1 The counterparts of numberless fellow-countrymen exiled in the barbarous regions of the world.

1988 C. Heilbrun Writing Woman's Life p. xi Numberless biographies of women have appeared in recent years.

b. With number(s). Now rare.Frequently in 17th cent.

ΚΠ

1594 G. Peele Battell of Alcazar iv. i A number almost numberless.

1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice sig. F5^v Cast, if thou canst, a Number numberlesse.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 181 Of all the trees I saw, none exceeded the Mulberies, for numberlesse numbers.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 309 He look't and saw what numbers numberless The City gates out powr'd, light armed Troops in coats of Mail.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 60 What then will become of those numberless numbers of men?

a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1989) 285 Your Mountain Sins do magnitude transcend: Whose number's numberless, and do want end.

1835 J. A. Heraud Descent into Hell (ed. 2) 205 Their Creator, who forth goes With thousands and ten thousands tending him, Numberless numbers,..sainted ones.

1904 A. C. Swinburne Channel Passage 210 The slumber Supreme and eternal on earth, Whence ages of numberless number Shall bring us not back into birth.

2. Without a number or numbers; (in quot. a1658) unmetrical. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > unmetrical

immetrical1598

unmeasured1604

numberlessa1658

unmetrical1765

innumerous1886

metreless1892

a1658 J. Cleveland Against Ale in Wks. (1687) 305 Saltless and galless be thy Curse, Numberless, rugged.

1990 W. Johnston Divine Ryans (1991) xiii. 172 Dressed in a numberless Habs uniform, he was smiling as though to a nation that adored him.

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

单词	numberless
释义	numberlessadj. Brit. /ˈnʌmbələs/, U.S. /ˈnəmbərləs/ Forms: see number n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: number n., -less suffix. Etymology: < number n. + -less suffix. 1. a. Innumerable, countless, beyond computation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > innumerable or unreckonable untellinga1300 unnumberablea1382 unnumerable?a1425 innumberable1434 intellable1537 numberless1573 uncountable1582 innumeral1585 countless1593 incomputable1606 sumlessa1616 unreckonable1647 accountless?1650 unsummable1667 uncomputable1678 unaccountablea1699 unenumerated1799 unenumerable1895 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) xi. R b The hugie heape of such as there lay slaine, Both numbrelesse, and honourlesse they burne. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. C2 Then should..the furrowes in my face bee numberlesse. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 68 To bee in heaven, and in numberlesse places of the Earth. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 197 About his Chariot numberless were pour'd Cherub and Seraph. View more context for this quotation 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Introd. p. iii Numberless Instances might be mentioned. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. ix. 189 The clergy exercised numberless cruelties. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 337 The cavern has recesses numberless. 1879 R. K. Douglas Confucianism iii. 79 The ‘Book of History’ contains numberless references to them. 1896 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Dec. 1626/2 I saw interlaced and numberless hoops in the air. 1948 E. Waugh Loved One 1 The counterparts of numberless fellow-countrymen exiled in the barbarous regions of the world. 1988 C. Heilbrun Writing Woman's Life p. xi Numberless biographies of women have appeared in recent years. b. With number(s). Now rare.Frequently in 17th cent. ΚΠ 1594 G. Peele Battell of Alcazar iv. i A number almost numberless. 1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice sig. F5^v Cast, if thou canst, a Number numberlesse. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 181 Of all the trees I saw, none exceeded the Mulberies, for numberlesse numbers. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 309 He look't and saw what numbers numberless The City gates out powr'd, light armed Troops in coats of Mail. View more context for this quotation a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 60 What then will become of those numberless numbers of men? a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1989) 285 Your Mountain Sins do magnitude transcend: Whose number's numberless, and do want end. 1835 J. A. Heraud Descent into Hell (ed. 2) 205 Their Creator, who forth goes With thousands and ten thousands tending him, Numberless numbers,..sainted ones. 1904 A. C. Swinburne Channel Passage 210 The slumber Supreme and eternal on earth, Whence ages of numberless number Shall bring us not back into birth. 2. Without a number or numbers; (in quot. a1658) unmetrical. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > unmetrical immetrical1598 unmeasured1604 numberlessa1658 unmetrical1765 innumerous1886 metreless1892 a1658 J. Cleveland Against Ale in Wks. (1687) 305 Saltless and galless be thy Curse, Numberless, rugged. 1990 W. Johnston Divine Ryans (1991) xiii. 172 Dressed in a numberless Habs uniform, he was smiling as though to a nation that adored him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1573
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