termlessadj.
/ˈtəːmləs/, U.S. /ˈtərmləs/ 1. Originally and chiefly poetic. Having no limit in extent, duration, quantity, or degree; boundless; endless; infinite.
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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.
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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.
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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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