Where Alf, the sacred river ran,
Through canyons measureless to man,
Down to a hidden sea. --Coleridge.
[PJC]
Syn: Boundless; limitless; endless; unbounded; unlimited; vast; immense; infinite; immeasurable. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
measureless — index indeterminate, inestimable, infinite, myriad, open ended, profuse, unlimited, unqualified (unli … Law dictionary
measureless — ► ADJECTIVE literary ▪ having no limits … English terms dictionary
measureless — [mezh′ər lis] adj. too large to be measurable; vast; immense measurelessly adv … English World dictionary
measureless — adjective Date: 14th century 1. having no observable limit ; immeasurable < the measureless universe > 2. very great < had measureless energy > … New Collegiate Dictionary
measureless — measurelessly, adv. measurelessness, n. /mezh euhr lis/, adj. too large or great to be measured; unlimited; immeasurable: a measureless distance; measureless contempt. [1350 1400; ME measureles. See MEASURE, LESS] Syn. boundless, unbounded,… … Universalium
measureless — mea|sure|less [ˈmeʒələs US ʒər ] adj literary too great to be measured ▪ Otto had measureless charm … Dictionary of contemporary English
measureless — meas|ure|less [ meʒərləs ] adjective LITERARY too large to be measured: the measureless universe … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
measureless — adjective literary too big to be measured: falling through the measureless ocean … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
measureless — UK [ˈmeʒə(r)ləs] / US [ˈmeʒərləs] adjective literary too large to be measured the measureless universe … English dictionary
measureless — /ˈmɛʒələs/ (say mezhuhluhs) adjective without bounds; unlimited; immeasurable: caverns measureless to humans. –measurelessly, adverb –measurelessness, noun …
