Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

earthless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: earth-less
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without earth or soil.

adj

Unearthly; not of the Earth.

Obsolete

adj

Without the planet Earth.

Example Sentences

""It is," he says, "an earthless country, bordered by immense ice-islands, which are continually separating in the summer..."
"...the Christians, having possession of that worthless, rocky, barren, earthless spot of land, called in Europe the Holy Land..."
"In the Yangtze gorges the wild form grows on cliffs in practically earthless ledges..."
"...as the superstitious terrors of the sailors pointed towards this earthless visitant..."
"an Earthless universe"

Etymology

From Middle English ertheles, erþeles, equivalent to earth + -less. Cognate with West Frisian ierdleaze, German erdlos.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ertheles
Suffix: earth

Usage

Obsolete

Derived Forms

earthlessness

Questions

What does earthless mean?: Without earth or soil.
Where does earthless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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