Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

placeless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: place-less
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking a proper place.

adj

Lacking places for people, things, etc.; lacking a geographic orientation.

Example Sentences

"a placeless person"
"I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me."
"a placeless society"

Etymology

From Middle English placeles, placelees, equivalent to place + -less. Piecewise doublet of piazzaless.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: placeles
Suffix: place

Inflected Forms

more placeless (comparative) most placeless (superlative) place-less (alternative)

Derived Forms

placelessly placelessness

Questions

What does placeless mean?: Lacking a proper place.
Where does placeless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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