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remitless

adj

Etymology

From remit + -less.

  1. derived from remittō — “to send, send back”
  2. inherited from remitten
  3. suffixed as remitless — “remit + less”

Definitions

  1. Without remit or letup.

    • Who, in spite of feebleness of frame, foregoes sleep, and patiently endures a course of remitless watchings of incredible length ?
    • "Every way considered," he confided to a friend, "there are customs and habits so interwoven with the very fibers of things as in some respects to be almost hopelessly remitless."
    • Joe only hoped the remitless heat wasn't driving him stir crazy.

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