sumlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌmləs/, U.S.

/ˈsəmləs/

Forms: see sum n.¹ and -less suffix.

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

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

poetic and literary.

That cannot be counted or quantified; incalculable.

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

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 165 To..make their Chronicle as rich with prayse, As is the Owse and bottome of the Sea With sunken Wrack, and sum-lesse Treasuries.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 86 Around the Palace shines The sumless treasure of exhausted mines.

1823 T. De Quincey Death German Great Man in London Mag. Apr. 380/1 From the abyss of distance and of sumless elevation.

1922 A. E. Housman Last Poems (N.Y. ed.) 68 The sumless tale of sorrow.

1965 H. Porter Cats of Venice 201 We..broke into holiday bungalows reeking of mouldy cretonne and mice-droppings; committed sumless ‘boyish’ crimes behind a smoke-screen of Sunday School hypocrisy, and dead-pan lies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sumless
释义	sumlessadj. Brit. /ˈsʌmləs/, U.S. /ˈsəmləs/ Forms: see sum n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sum n.¹, sum v.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: Partly < sum n.¹ + -less suffix, and partly < sum v.¹ + -less suffix. poetic and literary. That cannot be counted or quantified; incalculable. 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 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 165 To..make their Chronicle as rich with prayse, As is the Owse and bottome of the Sea With sunken Wrack, and sum-lesse Treasuries. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 86 Around the Palace shines The sumless treasure of exhausted mines. 1823 T. De Quincey Death German Great Man in London Mag. Apr. 380/1 From the abyss of distance and of sumless elevation. 1922 A. E. Housman Last Poems (N.Y. ed.) 68 The sumless tale of sorrow. 1965 H. Porter Cats of Venice 201 We..broke into holiday bungalows reeking of mouldy cretonne and mice-droppings; committed sumless ‘boyish’ crimes behind a smoke-screen of Sunday School hypocrisy, and dead-pan lies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1616
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