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illimitable Definition

il·lim·it·able (i lim′i tə bəl)

adjective

without limit or bounds; immeasurable

Etymology: < in- + limitable

illimitable Related Forms
il·lim′·it·abil′·ity noun or il·lim′·it·able·ness il·lim′·it·ably adverb
illimitable Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • sea: Rather let me be lost in this illimitable sea of bliss opened out before me in the marvelous grace of God.
  • space: On one side the sea; on the other, sand; above, illimitable space.
  • expanse: The discussions did not take place around definitive documents, but seeped over an illimitable expanse.
  • desert: Beyond it there stretches on the Libyan bank a savage and illimitable desert, extending to the whole breadth of Africa.
  • universe: But when Krishna did so, she was stunned to see illimitable universes dancing in the little cavity of his mouth.
  • possibility: Within them reside the illimitable possibilities for the advancement of the human race as naturally would reside in SIX MILLION human beings.
illimitable Quotes

I saw the flaring atom-streams And torrents of her myriad universe, Ruining along the illimitable inane Fly on to clash together again, and make Another and another frame of things For ever.

—Tennyson