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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crestless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
crest-less
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no crest

adj

Having no coat of arms

Example Sentences

  • "a crestless bird"

Etymology

Etymology tree English crest 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 crestless From crest + -less.

Derived Forms

crestlessness

Questions

What does crestless mean?
Having no crest
Where does crestless come from?
Etymology tree English crest 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 crestless From crest + -less.

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