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词汇	-less
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD NewOxfordEC OED Online Etymology Dictionary Prefixsuffix.com SOED WBD Webster Wiktionary YoudictWordRoots -less suff.（后缀） Without; lacking: 没有；缺少： blameless. 无可指责的 Unable to act or be acted on in a specified way: 不能以特定方式做或被做的： dauntless. 无所畏惧的，吓不倒的语源 Middle English -lesse 中古英语 -lesse from Old English -lēas 源自古英语 -lēas from lēas [without] * see leu- 源自 lēas [没有] 参见 leu- -less suffix forming adjectives without; lacking ⇒ speechless not able to (do something) or not able to be (done, performed, etc) ⇒ countless Origin Old English -lās,* from lēas lacking -less Word Origin 1 an adjective suffix meaning “without” (childless; peerless), and in adjectives derived from verbs, indicating failure or inability to perform or be performed (resistless; tireless). Origin Middle English -les, Old English -lēas, special use of lēas free from, without, false; cognate with Old Norse lauss, German los, loose Related Words adjectivize affectless ageless aimless airless armless -lessa suffix of adjectives meaning 'without', as in childless, peerless. In adjectives derived from verbs, it indicates failure or inability to perform or be performed, as in resistless, countless. [Middle English -les, Old English -lēas, representing lēas (adjective) free from, without, related to Icelandic lauss free, loose] -less adjective suffix ETYMOLOGY Middle English -les, -lesse, from Old English -lēas, from lēas devoid, false; akin to Old High German lōs loose, Old English losian to get lost — more at lose 1. destitute of : not having witless childless 2. unable to be acted on or to act (in a specified way) dauntless fadeless -less /lɪs/ suffix forming adjectives and adverbs ［构成形容词和副词］ 1. (from nouns) not having; without; free from ［由名词构成］表示“无…的”, “没有”, “不…的”： flavourless skinless. 2. (from verbs) not affected by or not carrying out the action of the verb ［由动词构成］表示“不…的”, “不能…的”： fathomless tireless. 派生词 -lessly suffix forming corresponding adverbs ［构成相应的副词］ -lessness suffix forming corresponding nouns ［构成相应的名词］。词源 Old English -lēas, from lēas 'devoid of'. -less, suffix forming adjs.\|lɪs\|The OE. léas, like its equivalents in the other Teut. langs. (see lease a., loose a.), was used in the sense ‘devoid (of)’, ‘free (from)’, both as a separate adj., governing the genitive, as in firena léas free from crimes, and (more frequently) as the second element of compounds, the first element being a n., as in fácnléas guileless, wífléas without a wife. The adj., as a separate word in the relevant sense, did not survive in ME., and the ending -léas became a mere suffix, which was, and still is, very freely attached to ns. to form adjs. with privative sense.In many instances the n. to which the suffix was attached was a noun of action, coincident in form with the stem of a related vb., and some of the adjs. so formed had the sense ‘not to be ―ed’, ‘un-―able’, as in countless, numberless. On the supposed analogy of these words, the suffix has been appended to many verbs, as in abashless, dauntless, describeless, expressless, quenchless, resistless, tireless, † topless (= not overtopped), weariless.Of the very common recent use of the suffix in the formation of nonce-wds. a few examples are subjoined.1840Thackeray Catherine iv, Moneyless, wifeless, horse⁓less, corporal-less.1870Furnivall Boorde's Introd. etc. Pref. 14 The possibility that the undated dedicationless Wyer was issued before 1542.1885Athenæum 12 Dec. 764 Butcherless, bakerless, tailorless, coblerless, doctorless, bookless, milkless, postless..jungle.1892W. H. Hudson Nat. La Plata 136 These peaceful gnatless days.1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 341, ‘I have not brought my card-case with me.’.. I said I was similarly card-caseless. -less word-forming element meaning "lacking, cannot be, does not," from Old English -leas, from leas "free (from), devoid (of), false, feigned," from Proto-Germanic lausaz (cognates: Dutch -loos, German -los "-less," Old Norse lauss "loose, free, vacant, dissolute," Middle Dutch los, German los "loose, free," Gothic laus "empty, vain"). Related to loose and lease. -less* [Adjective] without, missing: motiveless -less /lɪs/ suffix. OE. ORIGIN: Old English -lēas from lēas devoid (of), free (from), from Germanic base also of loose adjective. 1.Forming adjectives & adverbs from nouns with the sense ‘free from, lacking (a), without (a)’, as doubtless, fearless, hatless, powerless. 2.Forming adjectives from verbs with the senses ‘unable to be —ed’, as countless, tireless; ‘that does not —’, as fadeless. DERIVATIVE -lessly suffix: forming corresp. adverbs. -lessness suffix: forming corresp. nouns. ☞ less -less \lə̇s\ adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -les, -lesse, from Old English -lēas, from lēas devoid, false; akin to Old Saxon lōs loose, false, Middle Dutch los loose, Old High German lōs, Old Norse lauss loose, Gothic laus empty, Old English losian to get lost, perish — more at lose 1. : destitute of : not having : free from < witless > < childless > < fatherless > < doubtless > 2. : beyond the range of — in adjectives formed from nouns of action < countless > 3. : unable or lacking power to be acted on or to act (in a specified way) — in adjectives formed from verbs < resistless > < dauntless > < quenchless > < tireless > < fadeless > < ceaseless > -less IPA: /-lɪs/ (weak vowel merger) IPA: /-ləs/ Suffix Lacking (something); without (something). 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight. Etymology From Middle English -les, -leas, from Old English -lēas (“-less”), from lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”), from Proto-Germanic lausaz (“loose”). (Not related to less, which derives from laisiz, laisizô.) Cognate with Scots -less, West Frisian -leas, Saterland Frisian -loos, Dutch -loos* (“-less”), Low German -los, German los, -los, Swedish -lös, Icelandic -laus. More at lease (“false”). Usage notes Adjectives formed using -less often form nouns by the addition of -ness (-lessness), but generally do not form nouns by the addition of other noun-forming endings. The suffix -lessness means "absence". Antonyms -ed -ful -y Derived terms ► English words suffixed with -less baseless blameless bloodless bodiless bootless borderless bottomless boundless brainless breathless careless ceaseless changeless cheerless classless clueless cohesionless colorless cordless countless dateless dauntless deathless doubtless dripless ductless earless seal effortless emotionless endless exhaustless expressionless faceless fadeless faithless fatherless fathomless faultless fearless featureless feckless flawless flightless flushless footless formless fruitless futureless godless gormless graceless groundless guileless guiltless gutless hairless hapless harmless headless heartless heedless helpless homeless hopeless horseless humorless hurtless jawless jobless joyless kindless lawless lidless lifeless limitless listless loveless luckless lusterless massless matchless meaningless measureless meatless merciless mindless mirthless motherless motionless nameless natheless needless nerveless noiseless numberless odorless / odourless painless paperless passionless patternless peacelessness peerless penniless pitiless pointless powerless priceless purposeless rayless reckless recoilless regardless relentless remorseless resistless restless roadless roofless rootless rudderless rustless ruthless sapless scoreless seamless searchless seedless selfless senseless shameless shapeless shiftless shitless sightless sleepless smokeless soulless soundless spaceless speechless spineless spiritless spotless stainless stateless strapless stressless sugarless sunless tactless tasteless termless thankless thoughtless thriftless timeless tireless toneless tongueless toothless topless trackless tubeless tuneless useless valueless victimless viewless visionless voiceless voteless wakeless waterless weariless weightless wingless wireless witless wordless worthless 后缀：-less [形容词后缀] 表示“无...的”、“不...的” homeless 无家可归的 useless 无用的 hopeless 无希望的 colourless 无色的 waterless 无水的，干的 rootless 无根的 jobless 无职业的 shameless 无耻的 sleepless 不眠的 tireless 不倦的 ceaseless 不停的 countless 数不清的 fruitless 不结果实的 regardless 不注意的 restless 不休息的 changeless 不变的词根词缀：-less 【来源及含义】Old English: -leas, from leas, "free from, devoid of, false, feigned"; suffix meaning "lacking" 【同源单词】aimless, artless, avoidless, causeless, ceaseless, charmless
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