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单词 crestless
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crestlessadj.

/ˈkrɛstlɪs/
Etymology: See -less suffix.
1. Without a crest; not bearing a crest.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective] > untitled or not invested with dignity
coatless1586
unknighted1596
undubbed1602
crestlessa1616
unraiseda1616
unlorded1641
unadditioneda1661
untitled1798
uncoroneted1817
unscutcheoned1827
unennobled1830
undiademed1846
titleless1881
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 85 Spring Crestlesse Yeomen from so deepe a Root? View more context for this quotation
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 25 Like the crestless churls of England.
1891 Standard 14 May 5/2 Armless, and crestless, and mottoless.
2. gen. Without a tuft, top, ridge, or the like.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > with appendage or crest > not
uncrested1655
untufted1872
crestless1889
the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > of or relating to the top > having (a) top(s) > not
topless1596
uncrested1611
turbanless1840
crestless1889
1889 in Cent. Dict.
1908 A. S. M. Hutchinson Once aboard Lugger i. ii. 33 It welled, rose-deeply;..crestless, flinging no intoxicating spume.
1908 Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 7/2 Great shiny blue crestless jays flitted over the scrub.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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