passlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːsləs/,

/ˈpasləs/, U.S.

/ˈpæsləs/

Forms: see pass n.⁴ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pass n.⁴, -less suffix.

Etymology: < pass n.⁴ + -less suffix.

1. That cannot be passed, impassable. In early use chiefly poetic and literary.

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society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be > unable to be

ungoingable1482

unpassablea1525

unpassageable1592

passless1603

irrepassable1608

unpassible1646

untravellable1652

impracticable1653

impermeable1662

unvoyageable1667

impassable1697

landlocked1770

impervious1774

intraversable1803

unrideable1827

intransitable1838

untraversable1856

uncrossable1882

1603 T. Newton Atropoïon Delion sig. A4 He that set the passelesse point of hope, Along my Snaylish-iourney as I went.

1656 A. Cowley Pindarique Odes 63 in Poems Behold what passless Rocks on either hand Like Prison walls about them stand!

1794 S. T. Coleridge Lines on Friend 47 Is this piled earth our Being's passless mound?

1846 Ladies' Repository Jan. 13/1 Sorrow's waves around thee roar, And sins and fears, in mountains steep, Seem passless barriers to the shore.

a1868 C. Harpur Kangaroo Hunt in Poet. Wks. (1984) v. 481 But vainly he so well hath sped, For soon yon gorge's passless head Will wall him from the Chase!

1881 G. B. Smith Life Bright I. ii. 19 Prejudices which formed an almost passless barrier.

1963 S. H. Longrigg Middle East vii. 184 The difficult terrain of tangled and passless mountain tracts.

1994 T. Pratchett Interesting Times 68 You'd have sworn there was sheer, passless rock wall until you found the gap.

2. Of a person: without a pass or authorization document.

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1900 Daily News 1 Jan. 3/3 To the discomfort of the passless and the terror of the suspect.

1948 Rep. Native Laws Comm. 1946–8 (Dept. Native Affairs, S. Afr.) 73/2 The provisions of Identical Minute 334/280 of the 15th December, 1936, in regard to passless Natives should continue to be strictly observed.

1966 L. G. Berger Where's Madam 190 Living the life of a hunted passless native, one step ahead of the police.

2001 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 27 Jan. 14 With Our Pat clawing his way back into the game during the second set, a couple of passless fans grew a little rowdy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	passless
释义	passlessadj. Brit. /ˈpɑːsləs/, /ˈpasləs/, U.S. /ˈpæsləs/ Forms: see pass n.⁴ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pass n.⁴, -less suffix. Etymology: < pass n.⁴ + -less suffix. 1. That cannot be passed, impassable. In early use chiefly poetic and literary. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be > unable to be ungoingable1482 unpassablea1525 unpassageable1592 passless1603 irrepassable1608 unpassible1646 untravellable1652 impracticable1653 impermeable1662 unvoyageable1667 impassable1697 landlocked1770 impervious1774 intraversable1803 unrideable1827 intransitable1838 untraversable1856 uncrossable1882 1603 T. Newton Atropoïon Delion sig. A4 He that set the passelesse point of hope, Along my Snaylish-iourney as I went. 1656 A. Cowley Pindarique Odes 63 in Poems Behold what passless Rocks on either hand Like Prison walls about them stand! 1794 S. T. Coleridge Lines on Friend 47 Is this piled earth our Being's passless mound? 1846 Ladies' Repository Jan. 13/1 Sorrow's waves around thee roar, And sins and fears, in mountains steep, Seem passless barriers to the shore. a1868 C. Harpur Kangaroo Hunt in Poet. Wks. (1984) v. 481 But vainly he so well hath sped, For soon yon gorge's passless head Will wall him from the Chase! 1881 G. B. Smith Life Bright I. ii. 19 Prejudices which formed an almost passless barrier. 1963 S. H. Longrigg Middle East vii. 184 The difficult terrain of tangled and passless mountain tracts. 1994 T. Pratchett Interesting Times 68 You'd have sworn there was sheer, passless rock wall until you found the gap. 2. Of a person: without a pass or authorization document. ΚΠ 1900 Daily News 1 Jan. 3/3 To the discomfort of the passless and the terror of the suspect. 1948 Rep. Native Laws Comm. 1946–8 (Dept. Native Affairs, S. Afr.) 73/2 The provisions of Identical Minute 334/280 of the 15th December, 1936, in regard to passless Natives should continue to be strictly observed. 1966 L. G. Berger Where's Madam 190 Living the life of a hunted passless native, one step ahead of the police. 2001 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 27 Jan. 14 With Our Pat clawing his way back into the game during the second set, a couple of passless fans grew a little rowdy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603
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