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Word entry · 8 letters

lifeless

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8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈlaɪfləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eefillssStarts with LEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. deprived of life; no longer living

Word origin

From Middle English lyfles, lifles, from Old English līflēas (“lifeless”), equivalent to life + -less. Cognate with West Frisian libbensleas (“lifeless”), Dutch levenloos (“lifeless”), German leblos (“lifeless”), Danish livløs (“lifeless”), Swedish livlös (“lifeless”), Icelandic líflaus (“lifeless”).

Used in a sentence

  • a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, And might, if my extreames had ful euents, Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.

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