makeless

adjective /ˈmeɪkləs/

1. Matchless, without equal, peerless.

   archaic, rare

   A makelesse Prince in riches, and in might.

   Consider Cyrus in your cruell thought,

2. Without a mate; widowed.

   obsolete

   To marrie me, my fortune is not such, So hard, that I so long should still persist Makelesse alone in wofull widowhood.

   For, stoode it with the pleasure of his will

Where it comes from

From Middle English makeles, equivalent to make (“companion, mate, equal, peer”) + -less. Cognate with Danish mageløs (“matchless”), Swedish makalös (“incomparable, peerless, matchless”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry makeless (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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