slakeless

adj

slakeless

adj

Etymology From slake + -less.

1

Archaic, Poetic Not capable of being slaked.

  • my slakelesse payne hells horror doth exceedec. 1600, Richard Linche, Diella, Sonnet XXX:
  • Who sleeps to dream of blood, and waking glows With the oft-baffled, slakeless thirst of change1821, Lord Byron, The Prophecy of Dante, Canto 1:

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