landlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈlan(d)ləs/, U.S.

/ˈlæn(d)ləs/

Etymology: < land n.¹ + -less suffix.

1. Not possessing land; having no landed property.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > having no possessions > not owning land

landlessc1000

unlandedc1430

lackland1594

c1000 Laws of Æthelstan ii. c. 8 in Schmid Gesetze 136 Be landleasum mannum..gif hwylc landleas man folgode on oðre scire.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxx. f. 69^v We shall neither haue vsurour dwell in this citie, nor gentylmenne landlesse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) i. i. 97 Young Fortinbras..Hath..Shark'd vp a List of Landlesse [1603, 1604 law(e)lesse] Resolutes.

1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. B^v As mad as land lesse Squire could bee.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxxi. 122 A landless prince, whose wandering life Is but one scene of blood and strife.

1865 Edinb. Rev. 121 36 Turned adrift landless and homeless.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 102 The negro, poor, landless, and deserted by the North.

2. Without land, void of land.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > barren or desert

barren1377

desert1393

bleaka1552

blunt1553

foodless1581

bleach1598

landless1606

desertuous1632

bald1642

bleaky1687

parsimonious1713

Saharan1849

deserty1891

Saharic1892

Saharian1897

desertic1936

scalded1936

the world > the earth > land > [adjective] > without land

landless1868

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 95 A Fruit-les, Flood-les, yea a Land-les Land.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise Prol. 16 Risk dying in an unknown landless sea.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise Prol. 16 Within the landless waters of the west.

Derivatives

ˈlandlessness n.

ΚΠ

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxiii. 118 In landlessness alone resides the highest truth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	landless
释义	landlessadj. Brit. /ˈlan(d)ləs/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ləs/ Etymology: < land n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. Not possessing land; having no landed property. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > having no possessions > not owning land landlessc1000 unlandedc1430 lackland1594 c1000 Laws of Æthelstan ii. c. 8 in Schmid Gesetze 136 Be landleasum mannum..gif hwylc landleas man folgode on oðre scire. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxx. f. 69^v We shall neither haue vsurour dwell in this citie, nor gentylmenne landlesse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) i. i. 97 Young Fortinbras..Hath..Shark'd vp a List of Landlesse [1603, 1604 law(e)lesse] Resolutes. 1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. B^v As mad as land lesse Squire could bee. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxxi. 122 A landless prince, whose wandering life Is but one scene of blood and strife. 1865 Edinb. Rev. 121 36 Turned adrift landless and homeless. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 102 The negro, poor, landless, and deserted by the North. 2. Without land, void of land. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > barren or desert barren1377 desert1393 bleaka1552 blunt1553 foodless1581 bleach1598 landless1606 desertuous1632 bald1642 bleaky1687 parsimonious1713 Saharan1849 deserty1891 Saharic1892 Saharian1897 desertic1936 scalded1936 the world > the earth > land > [adjective] > without land landless1868 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 95 A Fruit-les, Flood-les, yea a Land-les Land. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise Prol. 16 Risk dying in an unknown landless sea. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise Prol. 16 Within the landless waters of the west. Derivatives ˈlandlessness n. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxiii. 118 In landlessness alone resides the highest truth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1000
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