grandmotherlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡran(d)ˌmʌðələs/, U.S.

/ˈɡræn(d)ˌməðərləs/

Forms: see grandmother n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < grandmother n. + -less suffix. Compare grandfatherless adj., motherless adj.¹

Without a grandmother or grandmothers.

ΚΠ

1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 57 Þan shall he be left..grauntmoderles.

1895 Mrs. Molesworth Opposite Neighbours 30 Poor little motherless, and I daresay, grandmotherless fellows!

1911 A. Morgan Boy who brought Christmas i. 5 He was an orphan and grandmotherless.

1931 R. G. Plowhead Lucretia Ann on Oregon Trail i. 20 A regular story book grandmother, the kind about whom every grandmotherless little girl dreams. She was silver haired, roly-poly, and sweet.

2013 S. Fink Five Days at Memorial Epil. 467 People don't want to be grandmotherless, people don't want to be grandfatherless.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grandmotherless
释义	grandmotherlessadj. Brit. /ˈɡran(d)ˌmʌðələs/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)ˌməðərləs/ Forms: see grandmother n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grandmother n., -less suffix. Etymology: < grandmother n. + -less suffix. Compare grandfatherless adj., motherless adj.¹ Without a grandmother or grandmothers. ΚΠ 1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 57 Þan shall he be left..grauntmoderles. 1895 Mrs. Molesworth Opposite Neighbours 30 Poor little motherless, and I daresay, grandmotherless fellows! 1911 A. Morgan Boy who brought Christmas i. 5 He was an orphan and grandmotherless. 1931 R. G. Plowhead Lucretia Ann on Oregon Trail i. 20 A regular story book grandmother, the kind about whom every grandmotherless little girl dreams. She was silver haired, roly-poly, and sweet. 2013 S. Fink Five Days at Memorial Epil. 467 People don't want to be grandmotherless, people don't want to be grandfatherless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1424
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