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单词 nieceless
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niecelessadj.

Brit. /ˈniːslᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnislᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: niece n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < niece n. + -less suffix.
Having no niece; without a niece.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [adjective] > having no niece
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1853 Househ. Words 28 May 301/1 Sonless and daughterless, Nieceless and nephewless.
1892 E. B. Hamley Let. in A. I. Shand Life E. B. Hamley (1895) II. xxxi. 303 I then had a niece and a cat to comfort me—now I am nieceless and catless.
1995 Philos. Perspectives 9 329 (note) The atheism of my mother's nieceless brother's only nephew angers God.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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