Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peopleless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peo-ple-less
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no people; uninhabited

Example Sentences

"I had been up since before dawn, sweating and smoking cigarettes, roaming the large empty house with the peopleless rooms."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English peple English people 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 peopleless From people + -less.

Inflected Forms

more peopleless (comparative) most peopleless (superlative)

Derived Forms

peoplelessness

Synonyms

uninhabited unpeopled unpopulated beingless desert deserted howling desolate disinhabited inhabitantless inhabited lifeless

Questions

What does peopleless mean?: Having no people; uninhabited
Where does peopleless come from?: Etymology tree Middle English peple English people 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 peopleless From people + -less.

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