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Vinony

quenchless

adjective

  1. inextinguishable/unquenchable (cannot be quenched/extinguished)
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English quench 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 quenchless From quench + -less.

  1. That cannot be quenched; unquenchable.

    “To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!”