单词 | without compare |
释义 | > as lemmaswithout compare 2. The phrase without compare, and its analogues, apparently originally belonged here = ‘without compeer’; but were afterwards referred to compare n.2 (if indeed they did not give rise to that word). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly [phrase] > incomparable or unique without compare1621 of a lifetime1846 sans-pareil1962 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 155 [My love of her] was without compare, had hers not equald it. 1679 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 142 The prospect and park, which is without compare. 1680 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 154 Without any compare, the most beautiful creatures..in the world. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation 430 A prince..in every respect without compare. < as lemmas |
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