pinionlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪnjənləs/, U.S.

/ˈpɪnjənləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pinion n.², -less suffix.

Etymology: < pinion n.² + -less suffix.

poetic. Now rare.

Without pinions; wingless. Chiefly figurative.

ΚΠ

1857 Ladies' Repository Mar. 148/2 Taking hold upon the thought which had otherwise been sent forth in half-fledged, pinionless infancy.

1894 Temple Bar 101 514 The pinionless fosterer of one's immaturity.

1926 G. W. Russell Coll. Poems 160 Yet lower we fell and for comfort our pinionless spirits had now The leaning of bosom to bosom, the lifting of lip unto brow.

a1939 R. P. T. Coffin Coll. Poems (1939) 78 He [sc. a hummingbird] hovers pinionless, A minute ecstasy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pinionless
释义	pinionlessadj. Brit. /ˈpɪnjənləs/, U.S. /ˈpɪnjənləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pinion n.², -less suffix. Etymology: < pinion n.² + -less suffix. poetic. Now rare. Without pinions; wingless. Chiefly figurative. ΚΠ 1857 Ladies' Repository Mar. 148/2 Taking hold upon the thought which had otherwise been sent forth in half-fledged, pinionless infancy. 1894 Temple Bar 101 514 The pinionless fosterer of one's immaturity. 1926 G. W. Russell Coll. Poems 160 Yet lower we fell and for comfort our pinionless spirits had now The leaning of bosom to bosom, the lifting of lip unto brow. a1939 R. P. T. Coffin Coll. Poems (1939) 78 He [sc. a hummingbird] hovers pinionless, A minute ecstasy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1857
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