|
|
Definition of Stopless
1. a. Not to be stopped.
Definition of Stopless
1. Adjective. Not to be stopped. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stopless
1. without a stop [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stopless
Literary usage of Stopless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare (2001)
"I suspect the poet wrote "stopless," ie unlimited. — JOHNSON (ed. 1765): "Topless"
is that which has nothing topping or overtopping it; supreme; sovereign. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"stopless, n. The wooden lid of a brick oven (little used now). STORM, n. A shower.
STORM-COCK, re. A missel-thrush. ..."
3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... verse sentences are very nearly as stopless as Clarendon's prose ones, and
very much less capable of being stopped by a little charitable and judicious ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"stopless. A portable wooden stopper for the mouth of an oven. North. (2) A bucket,
or milking-pail. Still in use in Norfolk. The holy-water stoppe was a ..."
5. Shakespeare's History of Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare (1882)
"Warb. has "stopless." Sometime is used by S. interchangeably with sometimes. 155.
The wooden dialogue. "The epithet wooden has admirable significance here ..."
6. Shakespeare's History of Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare (1882)
"\Varb. has "stopless." Sometime is used by S. interchangeably with sometimes.
155. The wooden dialogue. "The epithet wooden has admirable significance here ..."
Other Resources:
