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单词 makeless
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makelessadj.

Brit. /ˈmeɪklᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmeɪklᵻs/
Forms: Middle English makelese, Middle English makelez, Middle English makellez, Middle English makles, Middle English–1500s makeles, Middle English–1600s makelesse, Middle English– makeless; also Scottish pre-1700 mackles, pre-1700 maikles, pre-1700 makless, pre-1700 maykles, pre-1700 meakles, pre-1700 1700s– maikless.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: make n.1, -less suffix.
Etymology: < make n.1 + -less suffix. Compare later matchless adj.
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.
2. Without a mate; wifeless, husbandless, widowed. Obsolete.
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).
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