Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throneless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: throne-less
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a throne.

Example Sentences

"I wrung the promise of that bill from His Majesty whilst he was still a throneless wanderer."
"2003, Edward Slingerland, Confucius Analects, with selections from traditional commentaries, Indianapolis: Hackett, p. 230, In later myth, Confucius is often referred to as the "throneless ruler," the idea being that, if only he had been given a position of authority, he would have re-established the universal peace and order of the early Zhou."

Etymology

From throne + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: throne

Derived Forms

thronelessness

Questions

What does throneless mean?: Without a throne.
Where does throneless come from?: From throne + -less.

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