pathlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːθləs/,

/ˈpaθləs/, U.S.

/ˈpæθləs/

Forms: see path n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: path n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < path n.¹ + -less suffix.

Having no path, trackless; untrodden. Formerly also: †following no path, wayward (obsolete). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > trackless, pathless

waylessOE

gatelessc1175

pathless1596

untracked1603

untracted1610

unpatheda1616

invious1622

trailless1884

1596 B. Griffin Fidessa xlvi. sig. D7^v The hungrie Lion seekes his praie, In solitary range of pathles mountaines.

1631 G. Chapman Warres Pompey & Caesar iv. i. sig. G 2 Striuing to entangle men In pathlesse error.

1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 42 Orbs, Myriads on Myriads, thro' the pathless Sky, Unerring roll.

1757 M. Akenside Pleasures Imag. i. 316 The pathless woods unshorn That wave o'er huge Olympus.

1822 W. Wordsworth Fort Fuentes in Memorials of Tour on Continent 32 Now gads the wild vine o'er the pathless Ascent.

1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age v. 56 The silent and pathless desolations of central Greenland.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 556 The Adélie penguins find their way from afar across the pathless sea.

1987 R. Manning Corridor of Mirrors vi. 46 The larch wood..daunting in its unexplored and pathless interior.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pathless
释义	pathlessadj. Brit. /ˈpɑːθləs/, /ˈpaθləs/, U.S. /ˈpæθləs/ Forms: see path n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: path n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < path n.¹ + -less suffix. Having no path, trackless; untrodden. Formerly also: †following no path, wayward (obsolete). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > trackless, pathless waylessOE gatelessc1175 pathless1596 untracked1603 untracted1610 unpatheda1616 invious1622 trailless1884 1596 B. Griffin Fidessa xlvi. sig. D7^v The hungrie Lion seekes his praie, In solitary range of pathles mountaines. 1631 G. Chapman Warres Pompey & Caesar iv. i. sig. G 2 Striuing to entangle men In pathlesse error. 1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 42 Orbs, Myriads on Myriads, thro' the pathless Sky, Unerring roll. 1757 M. Akenside Pleasures Imag. i. 316 The pathless woods unshorn That wave o'er huge Olympus. 1822 W. Wordsworth Fort Fuentes in Memorials of Tour on Continent 32 Now gads the wild vine o'er the pathless Ascent. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age v. 56 The silent and pathless desolations of central Greenland. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 556 The Adélie penguins find their way from afar across the pathless sea. 1987 R. Manning Corridor of Mirrors vi. 46 The larch wood..daunting in its unexplored and pathless interior. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1596
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