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stanchless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Incapable of being stanched or stopped.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1819, Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen, “Aspley Wood” Canto 2, stanza 26, in Aonian Hours and Other Poems, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 2nd edition, 1820, p. 82, We see, but cannot heal the stanchless wound, We share its gushing sorrow, still it bleeds;

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adj

Meaning 2

Incapable of being satisfied.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, obsolete

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English stanch Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English stanchless From stanch + -less.