termless

English

Etymology

From term +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɝmlɪs/

Adjective

termless (comparative more termless, superlative most termless)

1. Not terminating; having no end, limit, or boundary
   • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):

     termless joys

   • 1900, Mark Twain, The man that corrupted Hadleyburg, and other essays and stories, page 187:

     In a few hours I shall be one of a nameless horde plodding the snowy solitudes of Russia, under the lash, and bound for that land of mystery and misery and termless oblivion, Siberia!

2. inexpressible; indescribable
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     termless skin

Synonyms

• (not terminating): unending; see also Thesaurus:endless or Thesaurus:continuous
• (inexpressible): indicible, ineffable; see also Thesaurus:indescribable

Translations

not terminating

• Bulgarian: безсрочен (bg) (bezsročen)
• Polish: bezterminowy (pl)

Anagrams

• resmelts, Stemlers, smelters