consumelessadj.

Brit.

/kənˈsjuːmləs/, U.S.

/kənˈs(j)umləs/

Forms: see consume v.¹ and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < consume v.¹ + -less suffix.

poetic. Now rare.

Unable to be consumed; esp. unable to be destroyed by fire.

ΚΠ

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xiv. 178 Looke sister, how the queazie-stomack'd Graves Vomit their dead, and how the purple waves Scal'd their consumelesse bodies.

a1764 R. Dodsley Trifles (1771) II. 139 Thy blazing hearths, From deep sulphureous pits, consumeless stores Of fuel boast.

1846 Oberlin Q. Rev. Nov. 203 The consumeless burning bush.

1928 W. B. D. Henderson New Argonautica 199 The aberrant sun, As treading out of square with Phaeton, Ground him beneath its wheel and disentombed The soul consumeless from the husk consumed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	consumeless
释义	consumelessadj. Brit. /kənˈsjuːmləs/, U.S. /kənˈs(j)umləs/ Forms: see consume v.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: consume v.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < consume v.¹ + -less suffix. poetic. Now rare. Unable to be consumed; esp. unable to be destroyed by fire. ΚΠ 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xiv. 178 Looke sister, how the queazie-stomack'd Graves Vomit their dead, and how the purple waves Scal'd their consumelesse bodies. a1764 R. Dodsley Trifles (1771) II. 139 Thy blazing hearths, From deep sulphureous pits, consumeless stores Of fuel boast. 1846 Oberlin Q. Rev. Nov. 203 The consumeless burning bush. 1928 W. B. D. Henderson New Argonautica 199 The aberrant sun, As treading out of square with Phaeton, Ground him beneath its wheel and disentombed The soul consumeless from the husk consumed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1635
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