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graspless

adj

Etymology

From grasp + -less.

  1. inherited from *graipisōną✻
  2. inherited from *graipisōn✻
  3. inherited from *grǣpsian✻
  4. inherited from graspen
  5. suffixed as graspless — “grasp + less”

Definitions

  1. Without a grasp

    Without a grasp; relaxed.

    • From my graspless hand / Drop friendship's precious pearls.

  2. Unable to be grasped or handled

    Unable to be grasped or handled; insubstantial.

    • She stretched forth her hands, and would have grasped the form within, but it was graspless as air.
    • And all earth's fairest toys, like graspless air To it will be.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for graspless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA