hearthlessadj.
/ˈhɑːθləs/, U.S. /ˈhɑrθləs/ Without a hearth. Hence also in extended use: without a settled home.
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1817 Ld. Byron Lament Tasso ix While thou, Ferrara!..shalt..view thy hearthless halls.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 228 There are some races of men who live without fire, houseless, hearthless, and dwelling in the open air.
1906 M. van Vorst Sin of George Warrener xxxvi. 186 He was slaving and battling for one childless woman and a hearthless home.
1943 J. Erskine Compl. Life xii. 294 Until..we learn to carve a career wherever we are instead of moving around..we shall continue to be a hearthless people, somewhat wistful, somewhat disinherited.
1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Feb. (Westchester Weekly section) 24/1 We all admired..wood-burning stoves, seriously considering just how one would function in our own otherwise hearthless livingrooms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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