Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

measureless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: mea-sure-less
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not measured because it is so large that it is difficult or impossible to do so.

Example Sentences

"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea."

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French mesurebor. Middle English mesure English measure Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English measureless From measure + -less.

Derived Forms

measurelessly measurelessness

Synonyms

boundless limitless vast illimitable unmeasured

Questions

What does measureless mean?: Not measured because it is so large that it is difficult or impossible to do so.
Where does measureless come from?: Etymology tree Old French mesurebor. Middle English mesure English measure Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English measureless From measure + -less.

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