clanless

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adjective

Without a clan.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English clan →
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Meanings

adjectiveclanless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a clan.

    It tells the story of Melinda Sordino, a clanless outcast who barely endures her freshman year at a suburban high school, and it features one of the best young narrative voices this side of Holden Caulfield.

    2007 June 3, John Green, “Children’s Books”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
  5. Proto-Italic*plāntā?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
  8. Proto-Italic*plānktā
  9. Latinplanta
  10. Old Welshplant
  11. Old Irishcland
  12. Middle Irishclann
  13. Irishclann
  14. Middle Irishclann
  15. Scottish Gaelicclann
  16. Englishclan
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  19. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  20. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  21. Englishclanless

From clan + -less. Piecewise doublet of plantless.

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APA

clanless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clanless

MLA

“clanless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clanless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clanless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clanless.

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