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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goldless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gold-less
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking gold.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English goldlees, goldles, equivalent to gold + -less. Compare Dutch goudloos (“goldless”), German goldlos (“goldless”), Swedish guldlös (“goldless”), Icelandic gulllaus (“goldless”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more goldless (comparative) most goldless (superlative)

Derived Forms

goldlessness

Questions

What does goldless mean?
Lacking gold.
Where does goldless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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