Priceless meaning of word

priceless

[‘praɪslɪs]

1) Общая лексика: абсурдный, бесценный, нелепый, неоценимый, очень забавный

2) Редкое выражение: ничего не стоящий

3) Экономика: очень дорогой

4) Архитектура: бесподобный

Универсальный англо-русский словарь.
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• Priceless — may refer to: * Something so valuable it can never be sold for any price, often used as hyperbole for something with extremely high value * Priceless (horse), a horse that competed at Olympic level in eventing * Priceless , a long running and… …   Wikipedia

• priceless — price‧less [ˈpraɪsləs] adjective 1. so valuable that it is impossible to give a financial value: • priceless works of art 2. if a quality, skill, or improvement is priceless, it is extremely important or useful: • The ability to motivate people… …   Financial and business terms

• priceless — [adj1] precious, irreplaceable beyond price, cherished, collectible, costly, dear, expensive, incalculable, incomparable, inestimable, invaluable, out of bounds*, out of sight*, prized, rare, rich, treasured, valuable, valued, without price,… …   New thesaurus

• Priceless — Price less, a. 1. Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable. [1913 Webster] 2. Of no value; worthless. [R.] J. Barlow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• priceless — I adjective beyond price, commanding a high price, costly, dear, expensive, extraordinary, high, high priced, inaestimabilis, incalculable, incomparable, inestimable, invaluable, irreplaceable, matchless, peerless, precious, pretiosissimus, rare …   Law dictionary

• priceless — (adj.) 1590s, from PRICE (Cf. price) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less) …   Etymology dictionary

• priceless — invaluable, precious, Costly, expensive, dear, valuable Analogous words: cherished, treasured, prized, valued (see APPRECIATE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• priceless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) so precious that its value cannot be determined. 2) informal very amusing or absurd …   English terms dictionary

• priceless — [prīs′lis] adj. 1. of inestimable value; beyond price 2. Informal very amusing or absurd …   English World dictionary

• priceless — [[t]pra͟ɪsləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (emphasis) If you say that something is priceless, you are emphasizing that it is worth a very large amount of money. They are priceless, unique and irreplaceable. …the priceless treasures of the Royal… …   English dictionary

• Priceless — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Priceless peut faire référence à : Priceless, une équipe de catcheur professionnel de la WWE; Priceless, est une jument de compétition montée par la… …   Wikipédia en Français

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

price +‎ -less ^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪsləs/

Adjective[edit]

priceless (comparative more priceless, superlative most priceless)

1. So precious as not to be sold at any price; invaluable. [1590s^[1]]

   • 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:

     For he the night before, in Tarquin’s tent, / Unlock’d the treasure of his happy state; / What priceless wealth the heavens had him lent / In the possession of his beauteous mate;

   • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, page 112:

     Mario told me of a hotel in which he had been, where a chambermaid stole a priceless diamond ring from an American lady. […] The chambermaid had a lover in the bakery, and he had baked the ring into a roll, where it lay unsuspected until the search was over.

2. Treasured; held in high regard.
   • 1950, Philip Larkin, letter to J. B. Sutton dated 18 June, 1950, in Anthony Thwaite (ed.), Selected Letters of Philip Larkin, 1940-1985, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1993, p. 165,^[1]

     If we part I shall be tormented by remorse at not having married. If we marry I shall spend my life mentally kicking myself for having so carelessly given up priceless liberty.

   • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 — 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

     Alan Pardew’s current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.

3. (informal, often ironic) Excellent, wonderful, fantastic.
   • 1993, “Heart-Shaped Box”, in In Utero, performed by Nirvana:

     Hey! Wait! I got a new complaint / Forever in debt to your priceless advice

4. (informal) Ridiculous, absurd, rich.
   • 1946, Kenneth Fearing, The Big Clock, New York: Harcourt, Brace, “Earl Janoth II,”^[4]

     “You son of a bitch,” she exploded. “You talk. You, of all people. You. That’s priceless.”

   • 1951, Hannah Arendt, chapter 4, in The Origins of Totalitarianism, New York: Harcourt Brace, →OCLC, part 1: Antisemitism, page 110:

     Where the concrete approach of the realistic nationalists eventually led them is illustrated by the priceless story of how Charles Maurras had “the honor and pleasure,” after the defeat of France, of falling in during his flight to the south with a female astrologer who interpreted to him the political meaning of recent events and advised him to collaborate with the Nazis.

   • 1986, Edna O’Brien, The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, “The Lonely Girl,” p. 333^[5]

     “Duty, har, har,” Simon laughed, as if some laughing machine had been wound up inside him. “Laura would love that. Jesus, that’s priceless; he’s good on propaganda. Duty! God, Laura will love that when she comes.”

5. (informal) Very amusing, hilarious. [1907^[1]]
   • 1936, Lloyd C. Douglas, White Banners, New York: Pocket Books, 1959, Chapter 1, p. 17,^[6]

     Paul laughed heartily and said she was priceless, but Hannah remained so contritely straight-faced that his laughter sounded to himself as if it had just a trace of incipient madness in it, and he suddenly sobered, blinking rapidly.

   • 2011, Esi Edugyan, Half Blood Blues, London: Serpent’s Tail, “Berlin 1939,” Chapter 2, p. 142,^[7]

     Hell, those jacks was laughing and laughing like to wet themselves. Even Ernst had a smile on his face, shaking his head like he ain’t believed what he just seen.

     ‘Aw, Sid,’ Chip gasped. ‘Holy hell, Sid, you priceless.’

6. (obsolete) Of no value; worthless.
   • 1648, Robert Herrick, “Upon Silvia, a Mistresse” in Hesperides, London: John Williams and Francis Eglesfield, p. 20,^[8]

     When some shall say, Faire once my Silvia was;

     Thou wilt complaine, False now’s thy Looking—

     Which renders that quite tarnisht, w[hi]ch was green; (glasse:

     And Priceless now, what Peerless once had been:

     Upon thy Forme more wrinkles yet will fall,

     And comming downe, shall make no noise at all.

   • 1905, Mrs. John Van Vorst & Marie Van Vorst, Mrs. Evremond, in Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol XVI, September 1905, No. 2:

     «… he thought of his late friendship with anger and held it cheap, a priceless imitation for which perhaps he had given a pure jewel in stupid exchange.»

7. (uncommon, literally) Without a price assigned.

   Synonym: unpriced

   • 2020, Timothy, Nick, chapter 5, in Remaking One Nation: The Future of Conservatism‎^[9], Cambridge: Polity Press, →ISBN, page 120:

     DeepMind, the British company discussed in chapter 2, was sold to Google for £400 million in 2014 without even a golden share for government. It is now priceless, almost certainly not for sale at any price.

Derived terms[edit]

• pricelessly
• pricelessness

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Anagrams[edit]

• eclipsers, preslices, resplices

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