placeless

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adjective

Lacking a proper place.

“a placeless person”

OriginMiddle English placeles →
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Meanings

adjectiveplaceless (comparative more placeless, superlative most placeless)

comparative more placeless · superlative most placeless · alternative place-less

  1. Lacking a proper place.

    a placeless person

    1 more example

    I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.

    1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
  2. Lacking places for people, things, etc.; lacking a geographic orientation.

    a placeless society

Origin

  1. Middle Englishplaceles
  2. Englishplaceless

From Middle English placeles, placelees, equivalent to place + -less. Piecewise doublet of piazzaless.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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