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bookless, a.|ˈbʊklɪs|
[see -less.]
1. Ignorant of books, unscholarly. poet.
1735Somerville Chase i. 395 How mean, how low, The bookless saunt'ring Youth. a1763Shenstone Wks. (1764) I. 293 Why, with the cit, Or bookless churl..deign'st thou to reside? 1847Tennyson Princess ii. 42.
2. Destitute of books.
1788Cowper Lett. (1824) II. 123 Inform a bookless student in what region..his long-lost volumes may be found. 1865Pall Mall G. 7 Oct. 11 The dusty tourist, lounging in the deserted streets of bookless Caceres, or Alcantara. |