necklessadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɛkləs/, U.S.

/ˈnɛkləs/

Forms: see neck n.¹ and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < neck n.¹ + -less suffix.

Having no neck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [adjective] > having no

neckless1610

throatless1818

tympano-cervical1900

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. viii. 581 Those..monstrous men,..some neck-lesse, with the face of a man in their breasts.

1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xxxv. 39 Neckless coats brush'd smooth and clean.

1834 H. W. Longfellow Outre-Mer ii. 123 Among broken crucibles, and neckless retorts,..are to be seen the bed-posts of Francis the First!

1881 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 172 66 It does not lie directly between the two families, for it has been modified, as a Frog, much as those neckless types cacopus, Diplopelma, and Callula have been modified, as Toads.

1964 Spectator 29 May 726/1 Those neckless dolls called—I think—gonks, which witless adults are said to give to other adults.

1980 Early Music 8 322/1 It is clear that there were two structurally different types of lute to be found in the Byzantine culture: the long-necked pandura and the pear-shaped neckless lute.

1994 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 July (Weekend Suppl.) 6/6 Has anyone noticed a neckless corpse walking around somewhere?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	neckless
释义	necklessadj. Brit. /ˈnɛkləs/, U.S. /ˈnɛkləs/ Forms: see neck n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: neck n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < neck n.¹ + -less suffix. Having no neck. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [adjective] > having no neckless1610 throatless1818 tympano-cervical1900 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. viii. 581 Those..monstrous men,..some neck-lesse, with the face of a man in their breasts. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xxxv. 39 Neckless coats brush'd smooth and clean. 1834 H. W. Longfellow Outre-Mer ii. 123 Among broken crucibles, and neckless retorts,..are to be seen the bed-posts of Francis the First! 1881 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 172 66 It does not lie directly between the two families, for it has been modified, as a Frog, much as those neckless types cacopus, Diplopelma, and Callula have been modified, as Toads. 1964 Spectator 29 May 726/1 Those neckless dolls called—I think—gonks, which witless adults are said to give to other adults. 1980 Early Music 8 322/1 It is clear that there were two structurally different types of lute to be found in the Byzantine culture: the long-necked pandura and the pear-shaped neckless lute. 1994 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 July (Weekend Suppl.) 6/6 Has anyone noticed a neckless corpse walking around somewhere? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1610
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