Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nounless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: noun-less
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a noun or nouns.

Example Sentences

"...a nameless delight or terror, unattached to any delightful or dreadful thing, a potent adjective floating in a nounless void, a pure quality."
"A nounless language would not have an exact equivalent of English's the child, but it might get along quite well with constructions like the childlike one."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Anglo-Norman noun, non, nombor. Middle English noun English noun Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English nounless From noun + -less.

Derived Forms

nounlessness

Questions

What does nounless mean?: Without a noun or nouns.
Where does nounless come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Anglo-Norman noun, non, nombor. Middle English noun English noun Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English nounless From noun + -less.

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