endlessadj.adv.

/ˈɛndlɪs/

Etymology: Old English ęndeléas , < ęnde, end n.: see -less suffix.

A. adj. Having no end.

a. Having no end or limit of duration; unending, eternal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective]

echec825

echelichc825

endlessc888

lastinga1225

everlastingc1225

perdurablec1275

perpetuala1325

unendeda1325

incorruptiblea1340

ay-lastingc1340

inlastingc1340

eternec1366

interminablec1374

unstanchablec1374

ever-duringa1382

eternalc1386

sempitern1390

never-failinga1400

sempiternal14..

ever-being?a1425

ever-durable?a1425

immarcescible?a1475

perennal?c1500

deathless1547

everlastable1548

incessant1557

unperishing1561

undeterminable1581

evera1586

unendlya1586

inexterminable1592

never-ending?1592

aeviternal1596

dateless1597

undecaying1599

entombless1601

perishless1605

ageless1609

continual1610

perpetuous1612

imperible1614

ne'er-endinga1616

out-date1623

undated1624

perennious1628

immortal1630

imperishable1648

birthless1651

fadeless1652

sempiternous1653

evergreen1655

intemporal1656

indefectible1659

inconclusible1660

unending1661

aeonian1664

unfading1665

sempervirent1668

amaranthal1674

ne'er-dying1693

perennial1717

timeless1742

indefeatablea1754

amaranthine1782

aeonial1800

unterminating1821

unevanescent1827

ay1845

forever1879

sempervirid1909

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxviii. §3 Þa earmþa beoþ endelease þe ece bioþ.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 77 Hit scal king bon on þet endelese kineriche.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 117 Þi Mede þet were endeles. ȝef þin goddede wel ihole weren.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 152 ‘Alas!’ he seyde, ‘þe deolful harm, þat ys endeless!’

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxv. 4 Lightyn~and þou wondirfully fra hilles endles [L. a montibus æternis].

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 70 Whos name shall be endeles For the merveiles which he wrought.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 321 And I byleue endelesse lyfe.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 215 My..time bewasted light Shall be extint with age and endlesse nightes.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 374 Eternity..an Endlesse Succession of Time.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 75. ⁋8 Death..is a short Night followed by an endless Day.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 229 Heard the burning of the endless flames.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlvi. 69 And we shall sit at endless feast.

b. hyperbolically for: Interminable; perpetual, incessant, constant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > lasting, continuous

endlessc888

perpetuala1382

unceasing1382

restless?c1425

biding1430

continual1462

remanent?a1475

incessant1532

uncessant1548

incessable1552

never-ceasing1567

still1570

ceaseless1590

indesinent1601

unceasable1604

unintermissive1610

constant1653

jugial1654

tarrying1654

insuccessive1678

perpetuative1785

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxvi. §1 Þat..is endeleas wundor.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 52^v To speake of all sortes of hearbes and flowres, were an endlesse labour.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 71 Strifes & troubles would be endlesse.

1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 91 in Purple Island There we laid asteeping Our eyes in endlesse weeping.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 67 How long a night is this, how endlesse!

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋10 It were endless to recount the shifts to which I have been reduced.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 325 All the multiplied, endless, nameless iniquities.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 93 The lover's endless minutes slowly pass'd.

1845 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. II. 44 Hence the endless repetitions, and divisions, and illustrations of positions almost self-evident.

1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. i. 4 Pouring out endless platitudes.

2. Of things extended in space: Boundless, infinite; now chiefly with reference to length. Formerly also of depth: Bottomless. Often hyperbolical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > unlimited

endless1413

perpetual1578

limitlessa1586

unbound1593

unbounded1598

boundless1599

spaceless1616

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > boundless or infinite

endless1413

bourneless1755

summitless1822

perimeter-less1849

borderless1872

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) v. i. 72 The grete heuen..is nought endeles, ne infynyte.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 331 In þe west side he haþ þe endeles occean.

1594 R. Southwell in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 14 How endlesse is your labyrinth of blisse.

1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 111 in Purple Island Els had the endlesse pit too quickly caught me.

1647 A. Cowley Mistress (1669) iv. 42 By Thee the one does changing Nature through Her endless Labyrinths pursue.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xx. 199 Weary of the endless waste of ice to seaward.

1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 238 An old manor house, with endless passages.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule viii. 129 The endless miles of moor.

a. Of immaterial things, quality, number, etc.: Unbounded, limitless, 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

138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 509 Þe reule ȝoven of Crist of his endeles wisdom and his endeles charitee to mankinde.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 4 Of the blessyd endeles Trinite.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vi. 13 Thou, & endles night, Haue done me shame.

a1658 R. Harris in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1886) VII. Ps. cxxxvi. 1 Mercy..is negatively endless..because unboundable for being.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 206 For the amusement of those desires which cannot be satisfied, but seem to be altogether endless .

1863 E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 53 A phase in itself endless, as Kant calls it, since no limit can be put to the possible modifications of quality.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 161 The individual man has an endless value in the sight of God.

†b. quasi-n. (Arithmetical) infinity. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > infinity

endlessa1398

infinitude1667

infinite1671

infinitum1682

infinity1693

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxvi. 1364 Þe numbre lyneal bygynneþ fro oon and is ywrite arewe and lyne anon to endeles.

4. Having no definite extremity or terminal point of length.

†a. endless gut n. Obsolete the colon (perhaps including the rectum).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] > large intestine > colon

colon1398

endless gutc1450

colic gut1615

c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 574 Colon, the endelez gutte.

c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 603 Podex, the endeles gut.

b. Mechanics. endless band, endless-cable, endless-chain, endless-strap: one whose ends are joined for the purpose of continuous action over wheels, etc. endless knife, endless saw: a continuous band of steel with either a sharp, or a toothed edge for a similar purpose. endless screw: a short length of screw revolving on an axis, by which continuous motion is imparted to a toothed wheel.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > with endless screw > endless screw

endless screw?1575

perpetual screw1648

worm1730

?1575 R. Eden tr. J. Taisnier Bk. Nauigation Ded. sig. ⁂3 An engin..wherewith a man with the strength of onely one hande, by helpe of the instrument called Trispaston (which in our tongue some cal an endlesse Scrue), brought a Shyp..from the lande into the sea.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 98 A rapid motion is communicated..by means of an endless strap from a large fly wheel.

1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 58 Screws with sharp threads, have more friction than those with square threads; and endless screws have more than either.

1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 144 (Cabinet Cycl.) Projecting points..acting in the links of an endless chain.

1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 142 By a slight variation in their positions produced by an endless-screw motion.

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 113/1 One Brazing Machine for endless knives.

1885 Law Times 80 101/1 The cloth..being caught in an endless leathern band running over a pulley on the shaft.

1887 Daily News 8 Feb. 6/3 The cars will be worked on the successful endless-cable principle.

†5. ? Fruitless, profitless. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding

unspeedya1300

speedless13..

improfitablea1325

unthriftyc1374

unnotefula1400

rewardless1481

thriveless1521

unbehovablea1557

thriftless1568

profitless1574

ungainful1599

unprofiteda1616

unthriving1617

ungaining1632

endlessa1640

gainless1640

improficuous1650

unrewarding1651

uncompensated1775

unrepaying1829

ungainsome1832

blind alley1902

dead end1928

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Loves Pilgrimage ii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbbbb2/2 All loves are endlesse.

†B. adv.

a. Infinitely, in an infinite degree. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adverb]

without metc1175

unendlyc1230

endless138.

infinitely1413

interminably1447

incomprehensibly1531

in infinitum1564

ad infinitum1596

unboundably1607

unlimitedly1609

illimitedlya1631

unconfinedly1655

boundlessly1674

unbeginningly1674

illimitably1755

infinitesimally1801

limitlessly1834

measurelessly1839

138. J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 71 Endeles mercyful & goode lord, helpe þi pore wrecchide prestis.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. i. 294 Men saye that a geaunt is endlesse moche.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 737 Hit [the pearl] is endelez rounde & blyþe of mode.

b. For an infinite period, for ever. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adverb]

always fortha700

alwayeOE

oeOE

everOE

buten endea1000

echelichec1175

till doomsdayc1175

to timea1200

perdurablyc1275

in ayea1300

without endc1330

anytimea1375

for ay and oc1374

continually1382

perpetuallyc1385

ay-forthc1390

everlastinglyc1390

perpetualc1392

eternallyc1393

endlessa1400

in (also for, to) perpetuitya1400

always?c1425

without timec1425

endlesslya1450

sempiternlyc1450

infinitivec1470

aylastinglyc1475

everlastingc1475

incessantly1481

in saecula saeculorum1481

sempiternally1509

all days1533

for altogether1542

constantly1567

interminate?1567

incorruptibly1579

perpetuously1612

in perpetuum1613

eternal1614

unterminably1631

unfadinglya1672

unendingly1674

for a constancy1710

perennially1729

tarnally1790

imperishably1795

indefectibly1837

immortally1858

fadelessly1861

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23326 Þei haue lost hit endeles.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8502 Exiled for euermore endles to sorow.

Derivatives

† ˈendlesshede n. [see -head suffix] Obsolete the quality or condition of being endless; eternal existence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [noun] > an infinite existence

endlesshedea1340

endlessness1627

a1340 R. Rolle Cant. in Psalter 509 Fra þe wayes of his endleshede.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	endless
释义	endlessadj.adv. /ˈɛndlɪs/ Etymology: Old English ęndeléas , < ęnde, end n.: see -less suffix. A. adj. Having no end. 1. a. Having no end or limit of duration; unending, eternal. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective] echec825 echelichc825 endlessc888 lastinga1225 everlastingc1225 perdurablec1275 perpetuala1325 unendeda1325 incorruptiblea1340 ay-lastingc1340 inlastingc1340 eternec1366 interminablec1374 unstanchablec1374 ever-duringa1382 eternalc1386 sempitern1390 never-failinga1400 sempiternal14.. ever-being?a1425 ever-durable?a1425 immarcescible?a1475 perennal?c1500 deathless1547 everlastable1548 incessant1557 unperishing1561 undeterminable1581 evera1586 unendlya1586 inexterminable1592 never-ending?1592 aeviternal1596 dateless1597 undecaying1599 entombless1601 perishless1605 ageless1609 continual1610 perpetuous1612 imperible1614 ne'er-endinga1616 out-date1623 undated1624 perennious1628 immortal1630 imperishable1648 birthless1651 fadeless1652 sempiternous1653 evergreen1655 intemporal1656 indefectible1659 inconclusible1660 unending1661 aeonian1664 unfading1665 sempervirent1668 amaranthal1674 ne'er-dying1693 perennial1717 timeless1742 indefeatablea1754 amaranthine1782 aeonial1800 unterminating1821 unevanescent1827 ay1845 forever1879 sempervirid1909 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxviii. §3 Þa earmþa beoþ endelease þe ece bioþ. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 77 Hit scal king bon on þet endelese kineriche. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 117 Þi Mede þet were endeles. ȝef þin goddede wel ihole weren. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 152 ‘Alas!’ he seyde, ‘þe deolful harm, þat ys endeless!’ a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxv. 4 Lightyn~and þou wondirfully fra hilles endles [L. a montibus æternis]. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 70 Whos name shall be endeles For the merveiles which he wrought. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 321 And I byleue endelesse lyfe. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 215 My..time bewasted light Shall be extint with age and endlesse nightes. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 374 Eternity..an Endlesse Succession of Time. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 75. ⁋8 Death..is a short Night followed by an endless Day. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 229 Heard the burning of the endless flames. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlvi. 69 And we shall sit at endless feast. View more context for this quotation b. hyperbolically for: Interminable; perpetual, incessant, constant. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > lasting, continuous endlessc888 perpetuala1382 unceasing1382 restless?c1425 biding1430 continual1462 remanent?a1475 incessant1532 uncessant1548 incessable1552 never-ceasing1567 still1570 ceaseless1590 indesinent1601 unceasable1604 unintermissive1610 constant1653 jugial1654 tarrying1654 insuccessive1678 perpetuative1785 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxvi. §1 Þat..is endeleas wundor. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 52^v To speake of all sortes of hearbes and flowres, were an endlesse labour. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 71 Strifes & troubles would be endlesse. 1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 91 in Purple Island There we laid asteeping Our eyes in endlesse weeping. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 67 How long a night is this, how endlesse! 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋10 It were endless to recount the shifts to which I have been reduced. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 325 All the multiplied, endless, nameless iniquities. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 93 The lover's endless minutes slowly pass'd. 1845 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. II. 44 Hence the endless repetitions, and divisions, and illustrations of positions almost self-evident. 1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. i. 4 Pouring out endless platitudes. 2. Of things extended in space: Boundless, infinite; now chiefly with reference to length. Formerly also of depth: Bottomless. Often hyperbolical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > unlimited endless1413 perpetual1578 limitlessa1586 unbound1593 unbounded1598 boundless1599 spaceless1616 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > boundless or infinite endless1413 bourneless1755 summitless1822 perimeter-less1849 borderless1872 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) v. i. 72 The grete heuen..is nought endeles, ne infynyte. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 331 In þe west side he haþ þe endeles occean. 1594 R. Southwell in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 14 How endlesse is your labyrinth of blisse. 1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 111 in Purple Island Els had the endlesse pit too quickly caught me. 1647 A. Cowley Mistress (1669) iv. 42 By Thee the one does changing Nature through Her endless Labyrinths pursue. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xx. 199 Weary of the endless waste of ice to seaward. 1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 238 An old manor house, with endless passages. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule viii. 129 The endless miles of moor. 3. a. Of immaterial things, quality, number, etc.: Unbounded, limitless, 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 138. J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 509 Þe reule ȝoven of Crist of his endeles wisdom and his endeles charitee to mankinde. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 4 Of the blessyd endeles Trinite. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vi. 13 Thou, & endles night, Haue done me shame. View more context for this quotation a1658 R. Harris in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1886) VII. Ps. cxxxvi. 1 Mercy..is negatively endless..because unboundable for being. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 206 For the amusement of those desires which cannot be satisfied, but seem to be altogether endless . View more context for this quotation 1863 E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 53 A phase in itself endless, as Kant calls it, since no limit can be put to the possible modifications of quality. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 161 The individual man has an endless value in the sight of God. †b. quasi-n. (Arithmetical) infinity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > infinity endlessa1398 infinitude1667 infinite1671 infinitum1682 infinity1693 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxvi. 1364 Þe numbre lyneal bygynneþ fro oon and is ywrite arewe and lyne anon to endeles. 4. Having no definite extremity or terminal point of length. †a. endless gut n. Obsolete the colon (perhaps including the rectum). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] > large intestine > colon colon1398 endless gutc1450 colic gut1615 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 574 Colon, the endelez gutte. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 603 Podex, the endeles gut. b. Mechanics. endless band, endless-cable, endless-chain, endless-strap: one whose ends are joined for the purpose of continuous action over wheels, etc. endless knife, endless saw: a continuous band of steel with either a sharp, or a toothed edge for a similar purpose. endless screw: a short length of screw revolving on an axis, by which continuous motion is imparted to a toothed wheel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > with endless screw > endless screw endless screw?1575 perpetual screw1648 worm1730 ?1575 R. Eden tr. J. Taisnier Bk. Nauigation Ded. sig. ⁂3 An engin..wherewith a man with the strength of onely one hande, by helpe of the instrument called Trispaston (which in our tongue some cal an endlesse Scrue), brought a Shyp..from the lande into the sea. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 98 A rapid motion is communicated..by means of an endless strap from a large fly wheel. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 58 Screws with sharp threads, have more friction than those with square threads; and endless screws have more than either. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 144 (Cabinet Cycl.) Projecting points..acting in the links of an endless chain. 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 142 By a slight variation in their positions produced by an endless-screw motion. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 113/1 One Brazing Machine for endless knives. 1885 Law Times 80 101/1 The cloth..being caught in an endless leathern band running over a pulley on the shaft. 1887 Daily News 8 Feb. 6/3 The cars will be worked on the successful endless-cable principle. †5. ? Fruitless, profitless. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding unspeedya1300 speedless13.. improfitablea1325 unthriftyc1374 unnotefula1400 rewardless1481 thriveless1521 unbehovablea1557 thriftless1568 profitless1574 ungainful1599 unprofiteda1616 unthriving1617 ungaining1632 endlessa1640 gainless1640 improficuous1650 unrewarding1651 uncompensated1775 unrepaying1829 ungainsome1832 blind alley1902 dead end1928 a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Loves Pilgrimage ii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbbbb2/2 All loves are endlesse. †B. adv. a. Infinitely, in an infinite degree. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adverb] without metc1175 unendlyc1230 endless138. infinitely1413 interminably1447 incomprehensibly1531 in infinitum1564 ad infinitum1596 unboundably1607 unlimitedly1609 illimitedlya1631 unconfinedly1655 boundlessly1674 unbeginningly1674 illimitably1755 infinitesimally1801 limitlessly1834 measurelessly1839 138. J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 71 Endeles mercyful & goode lord, helpe þi pore wrecchide prestis. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. i. 294 Men saye that a geaunt is endlesse moche. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 737 Hit [the pearl] is endelez rounde & blyþe of mode. b. For an infinite period, for ever. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adverb] always fortha700 alwayeOE oeOE everOE buten endea1000 echelichec1175 till doomsdayc1175 to timea1200 perdurablyc1275 in ayea1300 without endc1330 anytimea1375 for ay and oc1374 continually1382 perpetuallyc1385 ay-forthc1390 everlastinglyc1390 perpetualc1392 eternallyc1393 endlessa1400 in (also for, to) perpetuitya1400 always?c1425 without timec1425 endlesslya1450 sempiternlyc1450 infinitivec1470 aylastinglyc1475 everlastingc1475 incessantly1481 in saecula saeculorum1481 sempiternally1509 all days1533 for altogether1542 constantly1567 interminate?1567 incorruptibly1579 perpetuously1612 in perpetuum1613 eternal1614 unterminably1631 unfadinglya1672 unendingly1674 for a constancy1710 perennially1729 tarnally1790 imperishably1795 indefectibly1837 immortally1858 fadelessly1861 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23326 Þei haue lost hit endeles. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8502 Exiled for euermore endles to sorow. Derivatives † ˈendlesshede n. [see -head suffix] Obsolete the quality or condition of being endless; eternal existence. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [noun] > an infinite existence endlesshedea1340 endlessness1627 a1340 R. Rolle Cant. in Psalter 509 Fra þe wayes of his endleshede. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.c888
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