consumeless

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adjective

indestructible; not able to be consumed or used up.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English consume →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. archaicindestructible; not able to be consumed or used up.

    How the purple waves / Scald their consumeless bodies.

    1634, Francis Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral
    1 more example

    Thy blazing hearths, / From deep sulphureous pits, consumeless stores / Of fuel boast.

    1754, Robert Dodsley, Public Virtue, page 46

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  7. Proto-Italic*supo
  8. Latinsub
  9. Latinsub-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  12. Proto-Italic*emō
  13. Latinemō
  14. Latinsūmō
  15. Latincōnsūmō
  16. Old Frenchconsumer
  17. Middle Englishconsumen
  18. Englishconsume
  19. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  21. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  22. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  23. Englishconsumeless

From consume + -less.

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APA

consumeless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumeless

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consumeless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumeless.

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