moveless

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adjective

Motionless.

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

adjectivemoveless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableMotionless.

    Not a single cloud mars the flawless azure; / Not a shadow moves o'er the moveless crops; […]

    1889, Mathilde Blind, “[Poems of the Open Air.] Reapers.”, in The Ascent of Man, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 140
    1 more example

    The trooper had dipped into the scrub and now came out of it, pushing his horse along at a smart walk, and sitting as moveless in the saddle as destiny in person.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 215
  2. not comparableImmovable.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*moweō
  4. Latinmovēre
  5. Old Northern Frenchmover
  6. Middle Englishmoven
  7. Englishmove
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  10. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  12. Englishmoveless

From move + -less.

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APA

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Chicago

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