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Definition of Quenchless
1. Adjective. Impossible to quench. "Unquenchable thirst"
Definition of Quenchless
1. a. Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury.
Definition of Quenchless
1. Adjective. That cannot be quenched; unquenchable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quenchless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quenchless
Literary usage of Quenchless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... where the cry had wax'd Round mighty Nestor and Idomeneus Most quenchless,
and the haughtiest crests were falling; With these had Hector mingled, ..."
2. The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's by John Lawson Stoddard (1910)
"... wherewith I burn Quenchless, undying, — yea, eterne, eterne, — Is that of
sophistry a devilish play? Mephistopheles. Yet am I right! Faust. ..."
3. The Victory: Poems of Triumph by Charles Augustus Keeler (1916)
"... Have quaffed of the chalice of love, with its quenchless spirit thirst, Have
harked to the song of the fay-child, the joy bringer. ..."
4. Voices of the Faith: A Birthday Book Containing a Selection for Every Day in by John Wesley Hanson (1884)
"Give me, О God, to sing that thought I Give me, give him or her I love, this
quenchless faith In thy ensemble — whatever else withheld, withhold not from us ..."
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