reverselessadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈvəːsləs/, U.S.

/rəˈvərsləs/,

/riˈvərsləs/

Forms: see reverse n. and -less suffix

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

Etymology: < reverse n. + -less suffix. Compare earlier irreversible adj.

Unable to be reversed; irreversible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > irretrievable

uncoverlyc1225

irrevocable1382

returnless?1615

reverseless1630

unretrievable1684

irretrievable1695

retrieveless1703

revokeless1774

irredeemable1839

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 368 Teares of sorrow, being, if spent, as fruitlesse as the doome reverselesse.

1736 W. Dawson Poems Several Occasions 16 Reverseless Fates deny This Virtue to the glitt'ring Ore.

1765 J. Merrick Psalms cxxxii. 338 To the Prince of Jesse born God the reverseless Oath has sworn.

1830 J. Nelson Series Serm. & Lect. v. 125 Then his sins are bound upon him, by the chords of changeless necessity and reverseless doom.

1870 T. K. Beecher Lecture 15 Certainly will Jesus Christ..win a limitless and reverseless triumph.

1905 D. M. Lemon Ione 285 No fate..turns a reverseless key 'Twixt what I am and what I'd be!

1972 Denton (Texas) Record-Chron. 19 Nov. d6/1 Time, they say, is of the essence; it's also, unfortunately, reverseless.

1989 P. Conn Lit. in Amer. iii. 161 Time and reverseless change become the lenses through which the light of memory is focused.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reverseless
释义	reverselessadj. Brit. /rᵻˈvəːsləs/, U.S. /rəˈvərsləs/, /riˈvərsləs/ Forms: see reverse n. and -less suffix Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reverse n., -less suffix. Etymology: < reverse n. + -less suffix. Compare earlier irreversible adj. Unable to be reversed; irreversible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > irretrievable uncoverlyc1225 irrevocable1382 returnless?1615 reverseless1630 unretrievable1684 irretrievable1695 retrieveless1703 revokeless1774 irredeemable1839 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 368 Teares of sorrow, being, if spent, as fruitlesse as the doome reverselesse. 1736 W. Dawson Poems Several Occasions 16 Reverseless Fates deny This Virtue to the glitt'ring Ore. 1765 J. Merrick Psalms cxxxii. 338 To the Prince of Jesse born God the reverseless Oath has sworn. 1830 J. Nelson Series Serm. & Lect. v. 125 Then his sins are bound upon him, by the chords of changeless necessity and reverseless doom. 1870 T. K. Beecher Lecture 15 Certainly will Jesus Christ..win a limitless and reverseless triumph. 1905 D. M. Lemon Ione 285 No fate..turns a reverseless key 'Twixt what I am and what I'd be! 1972 Denton (Texas) Record-Chron. 19 Nov. d6/1 Time, they say, is of the essence; it's also, unfortunately, reverseless. 1989 P. Conn Lit. in Amer. iii. 161 Time and reverseless change become the lenses through which the light of memory is focused. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1630
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