leaveless

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adjective

Without leaves; leafless

“c. 1671, Thomas Carew, verses prefatory to Sandy's Psalms Then I no more shall court the verdant bay, But the dry leaveless trunk on Golgotha.”

OriginMiddle English leveles →
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Meanings

adjectiveleaveless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout leaves; leafless

    c. 1671, Thomas Carew, verses prefatory to Sandy's Psalms Then I no more shall court the verdant bay, But the dry leaveless trunk on Golgotha.

    2 more examples

    The samples are quartered and are further divided, e.g. into needles, leaves and leaveless twigs.

    2013, M. Böhmer, M. Kucera, Prospecting and Exploration of Mineral Deposits

    It's almost noon. Arko left the area and entered the forest to hunt with the rest of the wolves. The area seemed pretty dead. Many leaveless trees. No bird chirping or leaves chattering. Arko was worried that they were going to fail the mission.

    2014, Jonathan Garmon, The Legend of Wolves

Origin

  1. Middle Englishleveles
  2. Englishleaveless

From Middle English leveles, equivalent to leaf + -less.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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