单词 | redeemless |
释义 | redeemlessadj. From which there is no redemption; unable to be redeemed; having no redeeming features. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > beyond reform or salvation unreformable1556 unreclaimable1574 rescueless1586 redeemless1595 insalvable1608 irreformable1609 unsaveable1647 irreclaimable1662 unsalvable1895 1595 J. Trussell Raptus I. Helenae sig. E3v But loe, the penult period of my time, hastes my returne to my redeemlesse prison. a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. K1 My selfe, will change his pleasures into wretched And redeemelesse misery. 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies iii. lii Dragd to the redeemlesse Iayle. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 84 He is doom'd to toss In legal shipwreck, and redeemless loss. 1854 W. Bullock Songs of Church i. 42 The thoughts of the redeemless past Pervade each present hour. a1909 G. E. Evans Coll. Verse (1928) 326 For folly redeemless what guerdon of faith can I give? 1989 Daily Herald (Chicago) 24 Jan. iv. 3/2 [His] reward for such redeemless behavior is a seat on the bench of the country's top-ranked basketball team. 2005 Messenger-Guardian (Austral.) (Nexis) 2 Mar. 24 The grand-daughter Kate whose job it is to..come up with a eulogy to read at nasty, totally redeemless Grandad's explosive funeral. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1595 |
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