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endlesse

endlesse is the obsolete spelling of endless.

Meaning of endless

Adjective

endless (not comparable)

  1. Having no end.
    • endless time; endless praise
    Synonyms:
    unending
  2. Extending indefinitely.
    • an endless line
    Synonyms:
    eternal
  3. Too much or many to be exhausted; an extremely high number or amount of; immeasurable, innumerable.
    • In 1903, [Albert Shhoenhut] announced his Humpty Dumpty circus, with over 20 figures and animals, each with six joints enabling them to be put into endless positions.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 64
  4. (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
    • All loves are endless.c. 1615–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Loves Pilgramage, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC...

Questions about endlesse

What is endlesse the obsolete spelling of?
Endlesse is the obsolete spelling of endless.

Words near endlesse in the dictionary

  1. endless screw
  2. endless screws
  3. Endless September
  4. endless war
  5. endless wars
  6. endlesse
  7. endlessly
  8. endlessness
  9. endlessnesses
  10. endlichite
  11. endlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: endlesse (page history and authors); endless (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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