单词 | makeless |
释义 | makelessadj. 1. Without an equal; matchless, peerless. Now archaic and regional. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique unilicheOE makelessc1225 unevenlyc1230 peerlessc1330 alonea1382 uncomparablea1382 unoverpassablea1382 solea1398 incomparable1412 sans-peer1426 nonpareilc1450 invincible1509 matchless1530 inimitable1531 unmatchable1544 unmatched1548 unpassable1563 alonely1567 inequivalent1568 mateless1570 unparagonized1578 only1581 fellowlessa1586 unimitablea1586 compareless1590 incompared1590 immatchless1595 unequalized1596 nonsuch1598 paragonless1599 immatchable1601 unparalleled1601 uncompeered1602 unpeered1602 imparalleled1604 unpeerable1604 unrivalled1607 uncompanioned1608 unexampled1610 unsurmountable1611 unsurpassable1611 unparagoned1612 patternless1613 unpatterned1617 unique1618 unparallelable1621 parallelless1622 unmatchless1623 single1633 unexemplifieda1634 unsampleda1638 unequalled1639 imparallel1641 unparallel1645 unseconded1646 unexemplary1649 unaccessional1651 unequalable1659 uncome-at-able1694 rivalless1735 untouched1735 unexcelleda1800 unexceeded1813 sans-pareilly1818 unsurpassed1818 unrivallable1823 unapproachable1834 untranscendeda1849 insuperable1849 unbrothered1853 unapproached1856 insurpassable1859 untouchable1867 hors concours1884 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 40 (MED) Þis is ure cunde, makelese meiden. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 55 (MED) Of on ic wille singen þat is makeles; þe kind [read king] of halle kinges to moder he hire ches. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 12119 Þof þou wen make-less to be, Þat nan in lare sal teche þe. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 172 In beaute first so stood she, makeles. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 743 Hit is quene Isode that, outetake my lady youre quene, she ys makeles. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 108 Welcum, my golk of Marie land, My chirrie and my maikles munȝoun. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 902 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 123 He thocht him maid on ye mold makless of mycht. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham xiii A makeles prynce in ryches and in myght. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 271 For to refraishe the mynd a meakles marrow. a1657 W. Mure Misc. Poems in Wks. (1898) I. 10 Mackles dame, quhom all ye world admires. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 31 Make: match: makeless, matchless. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Makeless, matchless, without an equal. 1957 D. L. Sayers tr. Song of Roland 155 'Twas smitten off by Roland, the Count makeless. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective] > without a spouse makelessa1450 spouselessc1450 mateless1599 unmated1615 a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) 3307 The ȝonge that helpe hyr for to lyve, He schal have that he ches, And the holde go makeless. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. Prol. 32 To mak her maikles of hir man. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets ix. sig. B2v The world will waile thee like a makelesse wife. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) The mother's a maikless bird. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1225 |
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