Meanings
- not comparableNot measured because it is so large that it is difficult or impossible to do so.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 55
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot measured because it is so large that it is difficult or impossible to do so.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewithout limits in extent or size or quantity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Proto-Italic*mētis
- Latinmētior
- Latinmēnsūra
- Old Frenchmesure
- Middle Englishmesure
- Englishmeasure
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishmeasureless
Translations
Polish bezmierny
- bezmiernyTranslations
Cite this entry
measureless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measureless
“measureless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measureless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “measureless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measureless.
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