fineless

English

Etymology

fine +‎ -less, with "fine" in the sense of "end".

Adjective

fineless (comparative more fineless, superlative most fineless)

  1. (obsolete) endless; boundless
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?) •1622: “Poor and content is rich, and rich enough, But riches fineless is as poor as winter To him that ever fears he shall be poor. Good heaven, the souls of all my tribe defend From jealousy!” — Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fineless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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