单词 | termless |
释义 | termlessadj. 1. Originally and chiefly poetic. Having no limit in extent, duration, quantity, or degree; boundless; endless; infinite. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] unbegunc1000 uncircumscriptc1374 endless138. finitea1400 measurelessc1400 infinite1413 ginningless?1440 immensec1450 unlimitedc1475 infinal?1504 interminate1533 termlessa1542 brinkless1567 without limit1572 uncompassed1577 limitlessa1586 beginningless1587 untermedc1595 boundless1599 illimitate1602 illimited1602 unbeginning1605 incomprehense1606 inconjectable1609 uncircumscribed1610 borderless1611 confinelessa1616 finelessa1616 unconfined1629 uninchoative1649 indefinite1664 incircumscript1677 imprincipiate1683 ensophic1693 interminateda1734 unhorizoned1811 unencompasseda1822 unterminated1853 a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 116 Tresure termeles that neuer shall defawte. 1596 E. Spenser Hymne Heauenly Loue in Fowre Hymnes 26 Ne hath their day, ne hath their blisse an end, But there their termelesse time in pleasure spend. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. xl. 57 That Pen was dipt i'th' Standish of thy Blood, Which wrot th' Indenture of our termless Good! 1684 R. Goodridge Psalter xxii. 28 Beholding thee He shall enjoy termless Felicity. 1787 W. P. Smith Universalist iii. 130 Preachers cease to declaim on the termless duration of hell-torment. 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 293 The same..laws which require perfect simplicity of mass, require infinite and termless complication of detail. 1894 Monist 5 10 Restless in life, in thee He finds the holy, termless rest again. 1933 N. O. Solum tr. O. Rölvaag Boat of Longing i. i. 1 It penetrated the termless solitudes where utmost Light and utmost Dark hold tryst. 2008 R. Grossinger Bardo of Waking Life iv. 371 The guards must carry their acts and atrocity inside themselves across a termless desert. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adjective] sunderlyOE noblec1330 precellentc1384 passantc1385 especialc1386 passinga1387 surmountingc1407 superlative?a1430 precelling?1435 pre-eminenta1460 outrepassed1477 divine1488 pre-excellenta1500 superexcellent1508 transcending1528 pre-ordinate1543 exceeding1552 superexcelling1554 exquisite1578 surpassingc1580 summary1587 paragon1593 transcendent1598 overmatchful1609 termless1609 overtoppinga1615 paramounta1626 overtowering1639 surpassant1654 transcendental1701 superior1711 towery1731 prize1739 supernala1817 tiptopsome1819 tip-topping1826 par excellence1839 superfine1850 towering1894 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > beyond description undeclarablec1449 not to be spoken of1600 phraseless1609 termless1609 unexpressivea1616 unexprimable1632 wingy1643 unfanciable1669 indescribable1785 unpicturable?1819 unportrayable1852 superinenarrable1873 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K3 His phenix downe began but to appeare Like vnshorne veluet, on that termlesse skin. 3. Not dependent on or limited by any terms or conditions; unconditional. ΚΠ 1882 D. B. W. Sladen Frithjof & Ingeborg 110 Then he kiss'd her, and swore a termless truce. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 14 Oct. 1/3 Not a peace by interruption of hostilities; but the simple, unconditioned, termless peace supplied by a ‘fight to the finish’. 2005 Mich. Law Rev. 104 415 There is nothing anomalous about a termless transaction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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