summitlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌmᵻtlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈsəmətləs/

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

Etymology: < summit n. + -less suffix.

That has, or appears to have, no summit. Frequently in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

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

endless1413

bourneless1755

summitless1822

perimeter-less1849

borderless1872

1822 Morning Post 14 Nov. The Tread Mill is complete in Lancaster Castle, and the convicts are now daily made to ascend the summitless steps.

1877 W. R. Cooper Short Hist. Egypt. Obelisks (1878) i. 3 The mutilated and summitless fragments [of obelisks].

1921 System Sept. 291/1 After 70 years of climbing up the summitless hill of business success, a big Boston manufacturing company encountered a bad place in the road.

2015 @jillian_leslie 23 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I have a summitless mountain of books to climb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	summitless
释义	summitlessadj. Brit. /ˈsʌmᵻtlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsəmətləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: summit n., -less suffix. Etymology: < summit n. + -less suffix. That has, or appears to have, no summit. Frequently in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > boundless or infinite endless1413 bourneless1755 summitless1822 perimeter-less1849 borderless1872 1822 Morning Post 14 Nov. The Tread Mill is complete in Lancaster Castle, and the convicts are now daily made to ascend the summitless steps. 1877 W. R. Cooper Short Hist. Egypt. Obelisks (1878) i. 3 The mutilated and summitless fragments [of obelisks]. 1921 System Sept. 291/1 After 70 years of climbing up the summitless hill of business success, a big Boston manufacturing company encountered a bad place in the road. 2015 @jillian_leslie 23 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I have a summitless mountain of books to climb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1822
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