treatyless

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adjective

Without a treaty.

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

adjectivetreatyless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a treaty.

    Can each of these treatyless allies brook equality or must there be a clash for the purpose of determining which shall yield supremacy to the other?

    1912, George Hubbard Blakeslee, Japan and Japanese-American Relations

Origin

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

From treaty + -less.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “treatyless,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treatyless.

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