nounless

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adjective

Without a noun or nouns.

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

adjectivenounless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a noun or nouns.

    ...a nameless delight or terror, unattached to any delightful or dreadful thing, a potent adjective floating in a nounless void, a pure quality.

    1997, Alan Dean, Chaos and Intoxication
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    A nounless language would not have an exact equivalent of English's the child, but it might get along quite well with constructions like the childlike one.

    2003, Mark C Baker, Lexical Categories: Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  2. Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
  3. Latinnōmen
  4. Anglo-Normannoun, non, nom
  5. Middle Englishnoun
  6. Englishnoun
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  9. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  11. Englishnounless

From noun + -less.

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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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