phaseless

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English

Etymology

phase +‎ -less

Adjective

phaseless (not comparable)

  1. Without a phase, or visible form.
    • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
      The expression of his smile [] was one of profound melancholy—of a phaseless and unceasing gloom.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for phaseless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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