cureless en · ADJ
Etymology
From cure + -less.
Meanings
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Lacking a cure; incurable.
O hatefull, vaporous, and foggy night, / Since thou art guilty of my cureleſſe crime: / Muſter thy miſts to meete the Eaſterne light, / Make vvar againſt proportion'd courſe of time.
1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, signature F3, verso:Matter of doubt and dread suspitious, / That doth with curelesse care consume the hart […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most cureless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more cureless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |