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succorless

succorless is the alternative spelling of succourless.

Meaning of succourless

Adjective

succourless (not comparable)

  1. Without succour; with no source of aid.
    • Succourleſs as I was, and enfeebled by having ſo long contended with the boiling torrent, I gave myſelf up for loſt, when, as a laſt effort, I hallooed as loud as I could;⁠—[…]1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter V, in The Banished Man. […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, page 99

Origin of succorless

From succor + -less.

Questions about succorless

What is succorless the alternative spelling of?
Succorless is the alternative spelling of succourless.

Words near succorless in the dictionary

  1. succorers
  2. succorest
  3. succoreth
  4. succories
  5. succoring
  6. succorless
  7. succors
  8. succory
  9. succos
  10. succose
  11. succot

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