accentless
/ˈæk.sɛnt.ləs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having no accent marks.
adj
Having no diacritical marks of any kind.
Example Sentences
- "“You were looking up my skirt,” she said flatly, in accentless English."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English accentless From accent + -less.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæk.sɛnt.ləs/
Inflected Forms
more accentless (comparative)
most accentless (superlative)