Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wordless

/wˈɝdləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: word-less
IPA: /wˈɝdləs/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.

adj

Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.

Example Sentences

"On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism."

Etymology

From Middle English wordles, equivalent to word + -less. Compare Dutch woordeloos (“speechless, inexpressible in words”), German wortlos (“silent, speechless”), Danish ordløs (“wordless”), Swedish ordlös (“wordless”), Icelandic orðlaus (“wordless, speechless”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wordles

Inflected Forms

more wordless (comparative) most wordless (superlative)

Derived Forms

wordlessly wordlessness

Synonyms

speechless mute tongueless unspoken silent

Antonyms

wordful

Questions

How do you pronounce wordless?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɝdləs/.
What does wordless mean?: Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
Where does wordless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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