Healless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Incapable of being made whole or well; cureless; incurable; unhealable.

    "[…] the hour that Wrung its idol from its core, and left it Bleeding with a healless wound, nor power On earth to staunch and stop the same; […]"

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"[…] the hour that Wrung its idol from its core, and left it Bleeding with a healless wound, nor power On earth to staunch and stop the same; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English heleles, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -less. Compare healful.

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