Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kingless

/ˈkɪŋləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: king-less
IPA: /ˈkɪŋləs/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a king.

Example Sentences

"1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Foresters, Act IV, Scene 1, in The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, edited by William J. Rolfe, Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1892, p. 139, https://archive.org/details/workstennyson12tenn I have been away from England all these years, / Heading the holy war against the Moslem, / While thou and others in our kingless realms / Were fighting underhand unholy wars / Against your lawful King."
"Now that Charles I had been beheaded, Cromwell wanted a guarantee from the States General not only that they would never countenance any kind of support for a Stuart restoration in England, but also that no Prince of Orange (married into the British dynasty) would ever again become Stadholder and thus be in a position to threaten a kingless Britain."
"Indeed, Graber, a former software engineer, seems most energized when she’s talking about the unique infrastructure for her kingless world."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English kingles; by surface analysis, king + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: kingles

Derived Forms

kinglessness

Questions

How do you pronounce kingless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɪŋləs/.
What does kingless mean?: Without a king.
Where does kingless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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