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stirless

adj
/ˈstəːləs/UK

Etymology

From stir + -less.

  1. derived from *sturiz✻ — “turmoil, noise, confusion”
  2. inherited from styrian — “to be in motion, move, agitate, stir, disturb, trouble”
  3. inherited from stiren
  4. suffixed as stirless — “stir + less”

Definitions

  1. Motionless, still.

    • For there it lies so tranquil, so beloved, / All that it hath of Life with us is living; / So gentle, stirless, helpless, and unmoved, / And all unconscious of the joy 't is giving [...].
    • Like one dead she sat and waited, Listening to the stirless silence, Ages in a second, till, Lightly leaping, came her lover, And, still smiling, laid the sweet Snow-white blossom at her feet.

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