thawless

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adjective

eternally frozen; not prone to thaw

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

adjectivethawless (comparative more thawless, superlative most thawless)

comparative more thawless · superlative most thawless

  1. rareeternally frozen; not prone to thaw

    An Arctic nature built up the ice of thawless winter.

    1882, Paul Hamilton Hayne, Antipathies

Origin

  1. Englishthaw
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishthawless

From thaw + -less.

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APA

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

MLA

“thawless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thawless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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