makeless

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English

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /meɪkləs/
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Adjective

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makeless (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Matchless, without equal, peerless.
    • 1578, “The Complaynt of Henry Duke of Buckingham”, in William Baldwin, editor, The last part [part 3] of the Mirour for magistrates, page 140:
      Consider Cyrus in your cruell thought,
      A makelesse Prince in riches, and in might.
    • 1853, Dante Alighieri, translated by William Cayley, Divine Comedy: The Purgatory, Canto XX, line 97, page 147:
      That which I mentioned of the makeless Bride [translating Italian unica sposa]
      Of God the Spirit []
    • 1861 November, Emerald Green, “A Day in the Dublin Exhibition”, in The Family Friend, page 506:
      I just peeped into the Mediæval Court, in search of the mummy of a cat [] a bright-eyed little girl directed me to her ancient feline majesty—a thing shapeless and makeless—done up in that queer old mouldering []
  2. (obsolete) Without a mate; widowed.

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