Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exceptless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-cept-less
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That makes no exception; universal, unexcepting.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"my general and exceptless rashness"
"17 February 1788, Edmund Burke, speech in the impeachment of Warren Hastings a general (almost exceptless) confiscation"
"Let each proud sinner learn himself to know, / Nor be exceptless all the world his foe!"

Etymology

From except (“to leave out”) + -less, a rather unexpected formation as -less is usually attached to nouns.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: except

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more exceptless (comparative) most exceptless (superlative)

Questions

What does exceptless mean?: That makes no exception; universal, unexcepting.
Where does exceptless come from?: From except (“to leave out”) + -less, a rather unexpected formation as -less is usually attached to nouns.

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