Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not to be expressed or described.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Indescribable.

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  • adjective indescribable

Etymologies

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phrase +‎ -less

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Examples

  • She brought out as near an apology for intruding, as her phraseless upbringing would permit her.

    The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

  • ‘“O! then, advance of yours that phraseless hand, 225

    A Lover’s Complaint 1914

  • '' O, then, advance of yours that phraseless hand,

    A Lover's Complaint 1609

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