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desireless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
de-sire-less
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Free from desire.

Etymology

Etymology tree English desire 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 desireless From desire + -less.

Inflected Forms

more desireless (comparative) most desireless (superlative)

Derived Forms

desirelessness

Questions

What does desireless mean?
Free from desire.
Where does desireless come from?
Etymology tree English desire 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 desireless From desire + -less.

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