grasslessadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡrɑːsləs/,

/ˈɡrasləs/, U.S.

/ˈɡræsləs/

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

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

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

Without grass; devoid of grass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > grassland > lacking

grasslessa1450

turflessa1743

bladeless1857

a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 45 Ȝe may not serue two lordis to plese, ffede fatte shep in greceles lese.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 50 Then, Fields seeme grasse-les, Forrests leau-les all.

1610 W. Baldwin et al. in Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. 44 Nought else vpon the grasselesse ground, but winter's waste was seene.

1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 16 Nov. 198 Upon the yet grassless grave she threw herself down.

1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxvi. 218 Bare limestone rock, treeless, grassless, and waterless.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 4/2 The matting is stretched on the bare and grassless ground.

1930 Crisis Aug. 262/1 He inherited a treeless, grassless, pebble-infected stretch of land for a campus.

2007 S. L. Plum Solitary Goose 110 The little area that had become grassless from the feet of fishermen.

Derivatives

ˈgrasslessness n.

ΚΠ

1866 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Dec. 783/1 Grass, in Caithness, is ready at the end of May, and lasts up to the middle of September. Then comes a wide gap of grasslessness.

1950 Sydney Morning Herald 20 Feb. 7/4 Eden Park pitch looks for all the world like a well-worn path across a paddock. It has the same colour, the same dusty grasslessness.

2009 J. A. Murray My Life in Sea of Cars v. 76 I find and lose the wallaby tracks, relishing the grasslessness beneath trees.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grassless
释义	grasslessadj. Brit. /ˈɡrɑːsləs/, /ˈɡrasləs/, U.S. /ˈɡræsləs/ Forms: see grass n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grass n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < grass n.¹ + -less suffix. Without grass; devoid of grass. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > grassland > lacking grasslessa1450 turflessa1743 bladeless1857 a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 45 Ȝe may not serue two lordis to plese, ffede fatte shep in greceles lese. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 50 Then, Fields seeme grasse-les, Forrests leau-les all. 1610 W. Baldwin et al. in Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. 44 Nought else vpon the grasselesse ground, but winter's waste was seene. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 16 Nov. 198 Upon the yet grassless grave she threw herself down. 1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxvi. 218 Bare limestone rock, treeless, grassless, and waterless. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 4/2 The matting is stretched on the bare and grassless ground. 1930 Crisis Aug. 262/1 He inherited a treeless, grassless, pebble-infected stretch of land for a campus. 2007 S. L. Plum Solitary Goose 110 The little area that had become grassless from the feet of fishermen. Derivatives ˈgrasslessness n. ΚΠ 1866 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Dec. 783/1 Grass, in Caithness, is ready at the end of May, and lasts up to the middle of September. Then comes a wide gap of grasslessness. 1950 Sydney Morning Herald 20 Feb. 7/4 Eden Park pitch looks for all the world like a well-worn path across a paddock. It has the same colour, the same dusty grasslessness. 2009 J. A. Murray My Life in Sea of Cars v. 76 I find and lose the wallaby tracks, relishing the grasslessness beneath trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1450
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