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hornless, a.|ˈhɔːnlɪs|
[f. horn n. + -less.]
1. Without horns; destitute of horns.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xviii. (Bodl. MS.), Þe camel..þowȝe he be horneles. 1611Cotgr., Vicugne, a hornelesse wild beast in Peru. 1766Pennant Zool. (1776) I. 20 The cattle of the highlands of Scotland are exceeding small, and many of them..are hornless. 1812W. Tennant Anster F. i. xii, The hornless moon among her brilliant host.
2. Without a horn (horn n. 15 a).
1909Talking Machine News Oct. 337 Portable hornless machine. 1913B. Clements-Henry Gramophones & Phonographs ix. 54 Some modern disc machines are hornless. 1934N. W. McLachlan Loud Speakers xv. 256 A hornless speaker with baffle 4 ft. square. 1957Encycl. Brit. XIV. 409/1 In the direct-radiator or hornless speakers the diaphragm is made large enough to radiate directly into unconfined air.
Hence ˈhornlessness, hornless condition.
1887Amer. Naturalist XXI. 897 Herodotus's opinion as to the cause of hornlessness has been accepted by many writers down to the present times. |