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spanless

adj

Etymology

From span + -less.

  1. derived from *(s)pend-✻ — “to stretch”
  2. inherited from *spannō✻ — “span, handbreadth”
  3. inherited from spann
  4. inherited from spanne
  5. suffixed as spanless — “span + less”

Definitions

  1. Incapable of being spanned

    Incapable of being spanned; vast.

    • What spanless oceans of unselfish, loving service, what spanless seas of victories, gilded and garnished by unvoiced sufferings!

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