1. Of persons: Having no ease or rest. rare.
1632. Vicars, Æneid, II. 57/915.
| Thus as I ceaselesse, easelesse pri’d about | |
| In every nook, furious to finde her out. |
2. Of pain or distress: Having no abatement, admitting of no relief.
a. 1593. H. Smith, Wks. (1867), II. 169. It will take from them all pleasure, and bring them to easeless, and yet endless, pain.
1633. Drumm. of Hawth., Speeches K. Chas. Thou becalm’st Mind’s easeless anguish.
a. 1770. Whitefield, Serm., xxxii. Wks. 1772, VI. 10. Easeless and endless misery.
3. Destitute of ease in bearing or manner. rare.
1811. Monthly Mag., XXXI. 5. It is often accompanied with a punctilious easeless behaviour.
