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makeless

/ˈmeɪkləs/

makeless adjective: matchless, without equal, peerless.

Adjective

makeless (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Matchless, without equal, peerless.
    • Consider Cyrus in your cruell thought,
      A makelesse Prince in riches, and in might.1578, “The Complaynt of Henry Duke of Buckingham”, in William Baldwin, editor, The last part [part 3] of the Mirour for magistrates, page 140
    • That which I mentioned of the makeless Bride [translating Italian unica sposa]
      Of God the Spirit[…]1853, Dante Alighieri, translated by William Cayley, Divine Comedy: The Purgatory, Canto XX, line 97, page 147
  2. (obsolete) Without a mate; widowed.
    • For, stoode it with the pleasure of his will
      To marrie me, my fortune is not such,
      So hard, that I so long should still persist
      Makelesse alone in wofull widowhood.1591, Robert Wilmot, The tragedie of Tancred and Gismund, act 2, scene 1
    • The world will wail thee, like a makeless wife.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet IX”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC

Origin of makeless

From Middle English makeles, equivalent to make (“companion, mate, equal, peer”) + -less. Cognate with Danish mageløs (“matchless”), Swedish makalös (“incomparable, peerless, matchless”).

Questions about makeless

What does makeless mean?
Makeless means matchless, without equal, peerless.
What part of speech is makeless?
Makeless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce makeless?
Makeless is pronounced /ˈmeɪkləs/.

Words near makeless in the dictionary

  1. makegoods
  2. Makeham
  3. makeing
  4. Makela
  5. Makelas
  6. makeless
  7. makeline
  8. makelines
  9. Makem
  10. Makemake
  11. Makemakean

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