"makeless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /meɪkləs/ Audio: en-us-makeless.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Middle English makeles, equivalent to make (“companion, mate, equal, peer”) + -less. Cognate with Danish mageløs (“matchless”), Swedish makalös (“incomparable, peerless, matchless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|makeles}} Middle English makeles, {{suffix|en|make|less|t1=companion, mate, equal, peer}} make (“companion, mate, equal, peer”) + -less, {{cog|da|mageløs||matchless}} Danish mageløs (“matchless”), {{cog|sv|makalös||incomparable, peerless, matchless}} Swedish makalös (“incomparable, peerless, matchless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} makeless (not comparable)
  1. (archaic, rare) Matchless, without equal, peerless. Tags: archaic, not-comparable, rare Translations (matchless): onvergelijkelijk (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-makeless-en-adj-dh65ghkD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'matchless': 99 1
  2. (obsolete) Without a mate; widowed. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Translations (widowed): geweeuwd [archaic] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-makeless-en-adj-u0uu-7wO Disambiguation of 'widowed': 6 94

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