Boundless Meaning
/ˈbaʊndləs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjWithout bounds, unbounded.
Sentence Examples
Boundless snow covered all that could be seen.
The opportunities here are boundless!
CEFR Practice Quiz
Gazing at the starry sky, she felt a sense of ____ wonder and curiosity.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young child had ____ energy and never seemed to get tired today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English bound Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English boundless From bound + -less.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop."
— 1785, William Cowper, “Book III. The Garden.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 133:
"Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away."
— 1817 (published 11 January 1818), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Sonnet. Ozymandias.”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume III, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 67:
"[…] still, from the audacious, daring, and boundless adventure of their subsequent lives, strangely blend with these unoutgrown peculiarities, a thousand bold dashes of character, not unworthy a Scandinavian sea-king, or a poetical Pagan Roman."
— 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 82:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Gazing at the starry sky, she felt a sense of ____ wonder and curiosity.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young child had ____ energy and never seemed to get tired today.