Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hourless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hour-less
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without hours; unaware of the passing of time

Example Sentences

"All the unknown looked out from boundlessness: It lodged upon an edge of hourless Time, Gazing out of some everlasting Now […]"

Etymology

From hour + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hour

Derived Forms

hourlessness

Questions

What does hourless mean?: Without hours; unaware of the passing of time
Where does hourless come from?: From hour + -less.

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