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nailless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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

Meaning

adj

Without a nail or nails.

Etymology

From Middle English *nayllees, from Old English *næġllēas, from Proto-West Germanic *naglalaus, from Proto-Germanic *naglalausaz, equivalent to nail + -less. Cognate with Middle Low German nāgellôs (“nailless”), Dutch nagelloos (“nailless”), German nagellos (“nailless”), Icelandic naglalaus (“nailless”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *nayllees, *næġllēas, *naglalaus, *naglalausaz
  • Suffix: nail

Questions

What does nailless mean?
Without a nail or nails.
Where does nailless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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