termless

English

Etymology

term + -less

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɝmlɨs/

Adjective

termless (comparative more termless, superlative most termless)

  1. Not terminating; having no end, limit, or boundary
    • Sir Walter Raleigh
      termless joys
    • 1900, Mark Twain, The man that corrupted Hadleyburg, and other essays and stories, page 187:
      In a few hours I shall be one of a nameless horde plodding the snowy solitudes of Russia, under the lash, and bound for that land of mystery and misery and termless oblivion, Siberia!
  2. inexpressible; indescribable
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

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