Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

womanless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wom-an-less
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without women or a woman.

Example Sentences

"[I]t was furnished with the spartan simplicity which characterizes womanless quarters."

Etymology

From Middle English womanles, equivalent to woman + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: womanles
Suffix: woman

Derived Forms

womanlessness

Synonyms

wenchless womenless

Questions

What does womanless mean?: Without women or a woman.
Where does womanless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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