Meanings
comparative more titleless · superlative most titleless
- Having no title; nameless.
The first four drafts were swept down a manhole and a long, titleless book began to evolve.
2010, Larry McMurtry, Moving On, page 7 - Without noble title; common.
Coriolanus / He would not answer to: forbad all names; / He was a kind of nothing, titleless, / Till he had forged himself a name o' the fire / Of burning Rome.
1623, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, V, I, 11
Origin
- Middle Englishtitleles
- Englishtitleless
From Middle English titleles, titlelees, equivalent to title + -less.
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Finnish otsikoimaton, nimetön
- otsikoimatonhaving no title; nameless
- nimetönhaving no title; nameless
- aatelitonwithout noble title
Polish beztytułowy
- beztytułowyhaving no title; nameless
Cite this entry
titleless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titleless
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