Succourless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without succour; with no source of aid. not-comparable

    "Succourleſs as I was, and enfeebled by having ſo long contended with the boiling torrent, I gave myſelf up for loſt, when, as a laſt effort, I hallooed as loud as I could;⁠—[…]"

Example

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"Succourleſs as I was, and enfeebled by having ſo long contended with the boiling torrent, I gave myſelf up for loſt, when, as a laſt effort, I hallooed as loud as I could;⁠—[…]"

Etymology

From succour + -less.

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