reachlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈriːtʃlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈritʃlᵻs/

Forms: see reach n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach n.¹, -less suffix; reach v.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: Partly < reach n.¹ + -less suffix, and partly < reach v.¹ + -less suffix.

Chiefly poetic.

That cannot be reached.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible

outc1425

inaccessible?a1475

out-way1532

deviate1575

unaccessible1596

reachless1597

devious1599

wandering1600

untouchable1622

outlying1651

back1683

no-nationa1756

out-of-the-way1756

outlandish1792

eccentric1800

outworld1808

out-by1816

outside1847

off-lying1859

unget-at-able1862

far-out1887

far-back1900

1597 Bp. J. Hall Defiance to Enuy in Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. sig. A5 To raise her silent and inglorious name, Vnto a reach-lesse pitch of Prayses.

1628 W. Mure Doomesday 318 What glorious lights Must beautifie those reachlesse hights.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 162 For those Philosophies, which..had Retchlesse, and High, and Magnanimous Thoughts..were good for lengthening of life.

1720 A. Hill Gideon i. 3 Anxious, now, their Own they quit, Poorly from reachless Rocks to borrow Aid.

1758 Hill's Free Thoughts upon Faith 52 Vain th' Attempt To wound the reachless Sky.

1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 951 The hot little dog looking wistfully into the reachless warm water.

1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis I. 121 Aloof upon her reachless rock, sat cold the Loreley.

a1882 J. Thomson Weddah & Om-El-Bonain in Poet. Wks. (1895) I. 59 Of those who turn from every nearest boon To catch like infants at the reachless moon.

1934 F. C. Cornford Mountains & Molehills 9 Before Louisa sliced the currant roll, And re-arranged the zinnias in the bowl, All in a rhythm reachless by modernity.

1996 Eng. Jrnl. Apr. 39 She was some other, Speechless, reachless, the brittle husk of Mother.

Derivatives

† reachlessness n. Obsolete rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > state of being at a distance > state of being remote or inaccessible

inaccessibleness1618

inaccessibility1652

unaccessiblenessa1676

out-of-the-wayness1800

reachlessness1861

1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 26 As one should love a star..who knows The distance of it, and the reachlessness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reachless
释义	reachlessadj. Brit. /ˈriːtʃlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈritʃlᵻs/ Forms: see reach n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach n.¹, -less suffix; reach v.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: Partly < reach n.¹ + -less suffix, and partly < reach v.¹ + -less suffix. Chiefly poetic. That cannot be reached. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible outc1425 inaccessible?a1475 out-way1532 deviate1575 unaccessible1596 reachless1597 devious1599 wandering1600 untouchable1622 outlying1651 back1683 no-nationa1756 out-of-the-way1756 outlandish1792 eccentric1800 outworld1808 out-by1816 outside1847 off-lying1859 unget-at-able1862 far-out1887 far-back1900 1597 Bp. J. Hall Defiance to Enuy in Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. sig. A5 To raise her silent and inglorious name, Vnto a reach-lesse pitch of Prayses. 1628 W. Mure Doomesday 318 What glorious lights Must beautifie those reachlesse hights. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 162 For those Philosophies, which..had Retchlesse, and High, and Magnanimous Thoughts..were good for lengthening of life. 1720 A. Hill Gideon i. 3 Anxious, now, their Own they quit, Poorly from reachless Rocks to borrow Aid. 1758 Hill's Free Thoughts upon Faith 52 Vain th' Attempt To wound the reachless Sky. 1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 951 The hot little dog looking wistfully into the reachless warm water. 1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis I. 121 Aloof upon her reachless rock, sat cold the Loreley. a1882 J. Thomson Weddah & Om-El-Bonain in Poet. Wks. (1895) I. 59 Of those who turn from every nearest boon To catch like infants at the reachless moon. 1934 F. C. Cornford Mountains & Molehills 9 Before Louisa sliced the currant roll, And re-arranged the zinnias in the bowl, All in a rhythm reachless by modernity. 1996 Eng. Jrnl. Apr. 39 She was some other, Speechless, reachless, the brittle husk of Mother. Derivatives † reachlessness n. Obsolete rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > state of being at a distance > state of being remote or inaccessible inaccessibleness1618 inaccessibility1652 unaccessiblenessa1676 out-of-the-wayness1800 reachlessness1861 1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 26 As one should love a star..who knows The distance of it, and the reachlessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597
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