Illimitableness

Illimitableness
Illimitable Il*lim"it*a*ble, a. [Pref. il- not + limitable: cf. F. illimitable.] Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space. [1913 Webster]

The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty. --De Quincey.

Syn: Boundless; limitless; unlimited; unbounded; immeasurable; infinite; immense; vast. -- {Il*lim"it*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Il*lim"it*a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • illimitableness — noun see illimitable …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • illimitableness — See illimitability. * * * …   Universalium

  • illimitableness — il·limitableness …   English syllables

  • illimitableness — noun see illimitable I …   Useful english dictionary

  • illimitable — adjective Date: 1596 incapable of being limited or bounded ; measureless < the illimitable reaches of space and time > • illimitability noun • illimitableness noun • illimitably adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • illimitable — illimitability, illimitableness, n. illimitably, adv. /i lim i teuh beuhl/, adj. not limitable; limitless; boundless. [1590 1600; IL 2 + LIMITABLE] * * * …   Universalium

  • immensity — n. 1. Infinity, infinitude, boundlessness, illimitableness. 2. Vastness, hugeness. 3. Infinite extension, boundless space, space …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • eternity — n 1. eternalness, everlastingness, infinite duration, timelessness; unendingness, interminableness, unceasingness; perpetuity, perdurability; illimitableness, boundlessness, infinity. 2. immortality, hereafter, afterlife, everlasting life,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • infinity — n 1. infinitude, infiniteness, unlimitedness, limitlessness, illimitability, illimitableness; unboundedness, boundlessness, bottomlessness, inexhaustibility, inexhaustibleness; enormousness, greatness, hugeness, prodigiousness, immensity,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • illimitable — [i lim′i tə bəl] adj. [< IN 2 + LIMITABLE] without limit or bounds; immeasurable illimitability n. illimitableness illimitably adv …   English World dictionary

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