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Webster 1913 Edition


Remediless

Re-med′i-less

(r?-m?d′?-l?s or r?m′?-d?-l?s; 277)
,
Adj.
1.
Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable;
as, a
remediless
mistake or loss
.
“Chains remedilesse.”
Spenser.
Hopeless are all my evils, all
remediless
.
Milton.
2.
Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual.
[Obs.]
Forced to forego the attempt
remediless
.
Spenser.
Syn. – Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; desperate.
Re-med′i-less
,
adv.
[Obs.]
Udall.
Re-med′i-less-ly
,
adv.
Re-med′i-less-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Remediless

REMED'ILESS

,
Adj.
[In modern books, the accent is placed on the first syllable, which would be well if there were no derivatives; but remedilessly, remedilessness, require the accent on the second syllable.]
1.
Not admitting a remedy; incurable; desperate; as a remediless disease.
2.
Irreparable; as, a loss or damage is remediless.
3.
Not admitting change or reversal; as a remediless doom.
4.
Not admitting recovery; as a remediless delusion.

Definition 2024


remediless

remediless

English

Adjective

remediless (not comparable)

  1. Not having a remedy; not capable of being remedied. [from 16th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:
      I driven am to great distresse, / And forced to forgoe th'attempt remedilesse.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
      As for the rest, this disease is not so easily discovered, except it be altogether extreame and remedilesse; forasmuch as reason marcheth ever crooked, halting and broken-hipt; and with falshood as with truth; and therefore it is very hard to discover her mistaking and disorder.

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