centrelesscenterlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɛntələs/, U.S.

/ˈsɛn(t)ərləs/

Forms: see centre n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: centre n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < centre n.¹ + -less suffix.

rare before 19th cent.

Without a centre; having no centre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > having no centre

centreless1622

non-central1848

1622 R. Tisdale Lawyers Philos. sig. B5 Aire and Fire, Piercing the Chaos, did themselues retire, Into the Centrelesse bosome of the Deepe.

1820 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. 4641 An organism indefinitely lower & more centreless than, yet analagous [sic] to, that of the Jelly-Fish.

1892 Hearth & Home 7 Jan. 243/2 The number of orders received enables Mrs. Eliot to find work and pay for a number of ladies who would otherwise be ‘centreless’ and unknown.

1908 L. A. Compton-Rickett Philomela iii. ii. 52 A star in the centreless space of the blue.

1960 Texas Stud. Lit. & Lang. 1 529 Why does the play seem so centerless?

2004 P. F. Hamilton Pandora's Star vi. 143 A centreless urban sprawl of factories and residential districts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	centreless
释义	centrelesscenterlessadj. Brit. /ˈsɛntələs/, U.S. /ˈsɛn(t)ərləs/ Forms: see centre n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: centre n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < centre n.¹ + -less suffix. rare before 19th cent. Without a centre; having no centre. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > having no centre centreless1622 non-central1848 1622 R. Tisdale Lawyers Philos. sig. B5 Aire and Fire, Piercing the Chaos, did themselues retire, Into the Centrelesse bosome of the Deepe. 1820 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. 4641 An organism indefinitely lower & more centreless than, yet analagous [sic] to, that of the Jelly-Fish. 1892 Hearth & Home 7 Jan. 243/2 The number of orders received enables Mrs. Eliot to find work and pay for a number of ladies who would otherwise be ‘centreless’ and unknown. 1908 L. A. Compton-Rickett Philomela iii. ii. 52 A star in the centreless space of the blue. 1960 Texas Stud. Lit. & Lang. 1 529 Why does the play seem so centerless? 2004 P. F. Hamilton Pandora's Star vi. 143 A centreless urban sprawl of factories and residential districts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1622
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