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quenchless

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[kwench-lis] / ˈkwɛntʃ lɪs /

adjective

  1. not capable of being quenched; unquenchable.


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Etymology

Origin of quenchless

First recorded in 1550–60; quench + -less

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And when the wheeling rout is spent, Though in the heaps of slain he lie; Or lonely in his last content; Quenchless shall burn in secrecy The flame Death knows his victors by.

From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by De la Mare, Walter

Quenchless this source is found Which thou hast first unsealed.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma

Quenchless the spirit, though fetter'd the will, Of that warrior unsubdued; His soul, like an arrow from rocky ground, Shall fiercely and proudly in air rebound.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 by Various