Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knightless

/ˈnʌɪtləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: knight-less
IPA: /ˈnʌɪtləs/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.

Obsolete

adj

Without a knight.

Example Sentences

"Whereof thou […] all knights hast shamed with this knightlesse part."
"This night, when the Lady Joan sternly bade her knight attend the knightless damsels to their home, Ioris obeyed."
"Janowski vs. Jaffe Match, New York, 1917 / Classical Tartakower / Knightless middlegame, queenside strategy"
"The knightless armor moved toward Rocky. When it was just a few feet away, the visor of the helmet opened and the loudest and scariest shriek anyone could every^([sic]) imagine came out of the helmet."
"shining the heroics of a latterday Don Quixote upon a knightless age"

Etymology

From knight + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: knight

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈnʌɪtləs/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more knightless (comparative) most knightless (superlative)

Homonyms

nightless

Questions

How do you pronounce knightless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnʌɪtləs/.
What does knightless mean?: Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
Where does knightless come from?: From knight + -less.

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