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slakeless

slakeless adjective: not capable of being slaked.

Adjective

slakeless (comparative more slakeless, superlative most slakeless)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Not capable of being slaked.
    • my slakelesse payne hells horror doth exceedec. 1600, Richard Linche, Diella, Sonnet XXX
    • Who sleeps to dream of blood, and waking glows
      With the oft-baffled, slakeless thirst of change1821, Lord Byron, The Prophecy of Dante, Canto 1

Synonyms of slakeless

Forms of slakeless

comparativemore slakeless
superlativemost slakeless

Origin of slakeless

From slake + -less.

Questions about slakeless

What does slakeless mean?
Slakeless means not capable of being slaked.
What part of speech is slakeless?
Slakeless is an adjective.

Words near slakeless in the dictionary

  1. slake troughs
  2. slakeable
  3. slaked
  4. slaked lime
  5. slaked limes
  6. slakeless
  7. slaken
  8. slaker
  9. slakers
  10. slakes
  11. slakest

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