Stanchless
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Incapable of being stanched or stopped.
"A stanchlesse hart, dead-wounded, euer bleeding, On whom that nere-fild vulture Loue sits feeding."
- 2 Incapable of being satisfied. figuratively, obsolete
"With this there grows In my most ill-composed affection such A stanchless avarice that, were I king, I should cut off the nobles for their lands,"
Example
More examples"A stanchlesse hart, dead-wounded, euer bleeding, On whom that nere-fild vulture Loue sits feeding."
Etymology
From stanch + -less.
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