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stanchless

[stawnch-lis, stahnch-, stanch-]

adjective

  1. not to be stanched.

    We pressed more bandages to his stanchless wound, but we couldn't save him.

  2. incessant.

    a stanchless torrent of words.

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Other Word Forms

  • stanchlessly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stanchless1

First recorded in 1595–1605; stanch 1 + -less
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Example Sentences

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Alas, the deep insufferable doom,   The stanchless wound!

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