Meanings
comparative more herbless · superlative most herbless
- Destitute of herbs or vegetation.
his bed the herbless ground
1746, Thomas Warton, Odes on Various Subjects1 more example
The wild, herbless, weather-worn promontory was quite a solitude, and, saving the one old lighthouse about fifty yards up the slope, scarce a mark was visible to show that humanity had ever been near the spot.
1880, Thomas Hardy, The Trumpet-Major - cookingHaving no herbs as ingredients.
Origin
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