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makeless

[ meyk-lis ]

adjective

, Archaic.
  1. having no mate or match.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of makeless1

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; make 2, -less
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Example Sentences

I sing of a maiden That is makeless.King of all kings To her son she ches.

Then there are slight variants from our modern orthography or meanings, as mained for maimed, markman for marksman, make for mate, makeless for mateless, mirable, mervaillous, mess for mass, manakin, minikin, meyny for many, momentarry for momentary, moraler, mountainer, misgraffing, misanthropos, mott for motto, to mutine, mi'nutely for every minute.

For, stood it with the pleasure of his will To marry me, my fortune is not such, So hard, that I so long should still persist Makeless alone in woful widowhood.

Sir, said he, it is Queen Isoud that, out-taken my lady your queen, she is makeless.

And then they all three cried: Sir knight, we yield us unto you as a man of might makeless.

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