phraselessadj.

Brit.

/ˈfreɪzlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈfreɪzlᵻs/

Forms: see phrase n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < phrase n. + -less suffix.

Chiefly literary. rare before 19th cent.

Without a phrase or phrases (in various senses).In quot. 1609 apparently: ‘that there is no phrase to describe’; cf. speechless hand (Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. i. 67).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > beyond description

undeclarablec1449

not to be spoken of1600

phraseless1609

termless1609

unexpressivea1616

unexprimable1632

wingy1643

unfanciable1669

indescribable1785

unpicturable?1819

unportrayable1852

superinenarrable1873

1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. L Oh then aduance (of yours) that phraseles hand, Whose white weighes downe the airy scale of praise.

a1886 E. Dickinson Poems (1890) 96 That old measure in the boughs, That phraseless melody The wind does.

1896 G. Barlow Jesus of Nazareth iv. iv. 114 The heaven whose starlight flashes from your eyes, Whose phraseless rapture your embrace contains.

1940 K. A. Porter Notes on Crit. Thomas Hardy in Coll. Ess. (1970) 13 When I read it, it almost disappears from view, and afterward comes back, phraseless, living in its sombre clearness.

1996 J. Little Experimental Self ii. 64 Though he observed that she did not cry or cry out, he perceived the wordless, phraseless mode of her expression.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phraseless
释义	phraselessadj. Brit. /ˈfreɪzlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfreɪzlᵻs/ Forms: see phrase n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: phrase n., -less suffix. Etymology: < phrase n. + -less suffix. Chiefly literary. rare before 19th cent. Without a phrase or phrases (in various senses).In quot. 1609 apparently: ‘that there is no phrase to describe’; cf. speechless hand (Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. i. 67). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > beyond description undeclarablec1449 not to be spoken of1600 phraseless1609 termless1609 unexpressivea1616 unexprimable1632 wingy1643 unfanciable1669 indescribable1785 unpicturable?1819 unportrayable1852 superinenarrable1873 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. L Oh then aduance (of yours) that phraseles hand, Whose white weighes downe the airy scale of praise. a1886 E. Dickinson Poems (1890) 96 That old measure in the boughs, That phraseless melody The wind does. 1896 G. Barlow Jesus of Nazareth iv. iv. 114 The heaven whose starlight flashes from your eyes, Whose phraseless rapture your embrace contains. 1940 K. A. Porter Notes on Crit. Thomas Hardy in Coll. Ess. (1970) 13 When I read it, it almost disappears from view, and afterward comes back, phraseless, living in its sombre clearness. 1996 J. Little Experimental Self ii. 64 Though he observed that she did not cry or cry out, he perceived the wordless, phraseless mode of her expression. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1609
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