booklessness

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noun

The state or condition of being bookless; lack of books.

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Meanings

nounbooklessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being bookless; lack of books.

    […] but facts such as these warn us against the exaggerated and indeed absurd statements often made as to the booklessness of the medieval student.

    1895, Hastings Rashdall, The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages

Origin

From bookless + -ness.

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APA

booklessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booklessness

MLA

“booklessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booklessness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “booklessness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booklessness.

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