spadeless

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adjective

Without a spade.

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

adjectivespadeless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a spade.

    He of the spare spade, would not lend it to the man who had none, because he had a large garden which he wanted the spadeless man to help to dig […]

    1839, Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, The Dublin review

Origin

  1. Englishspade
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishspadeless

From spade + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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