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quenchless

American  
[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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Probably Longfellow came closest, noting that lighthouses are “steadfast, serene … a quenchless flame.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2017

In its quenchless vitality, it drinks up the golden decades like nectar at the banquet table of life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most people who develop diabetes are overweight, but when the disease begins, they lose weight, develop a voracious appetite, a quenchless thirst.

From Time Magazine Archive

By this time "the quenchless ambition of an ordered mind" disclosed in Freeman's portrait of the early years has mellowed to massive, benevolent prudence.

From Time Magazine Archive

As one seems to hear in this little shell, the multitudinous roar of the ocean, so I hear the whole quenchless symphony of the universal soul, of whose echoes this box was its cross-roads.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker

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