Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Matchless, without equal, peerless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable, rare
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Without a mate; widowed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English makeles, equivalent to make (“companion, mate, equal, peer”) + -less. Cognate with Danish mageløs (“matchless”), Swedish makalös (“incomparable, peerless, matchless”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
