acrelessadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈeɪkələs/, U.S.

/ˈeɪkərləs/

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

Etymology: < acre n. + -less suffix.Found earlier as the name of various characters appearing or mentioned in plays of the 16th and 17th centuries, e.g.:1637 J. Shirley Gamester ii. sig. C3 Sir Master Hazard desires your company at Taverne, he sayes there are none but gentlemen of your acquaintance, Master Acre-lesse, Master Little-stocke, and Master Sell-away, the three gamesters.1775 C. Lennox Old City Manners i. ii. 10 The other day my Lord Duke Acreless shewed me a fine Flander's mare.

Without land or an estate. Also as n.: persons without land, collectively. Also figurative.

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1807 Mr. Redhead Yorke's Weekly Polit. Rev. 25 Apr. 313 They have never..used the influence of a dock-yard to turn out independent country gentlemen, to make way for the acreless sons of officers of the household.

1890 Temple Bar June 226 The lady had the bad taste to prefer the acreless to the acred.

1910 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Mar. 23/1 Two other names were those of Isaac Friedlander and ‘Land Grabber’ Chapman. Both died poor and acreless.

1941 L. B. Lyon Tomorrow is Revealing 14 A stealthy and mute fertility still moves The acreless heart.

1982 N. Tosches Hellfire 18 Like old Judge Lewis, whose fallen, acreless offspring he came to know, Lee Calhoun was a man for dirt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acreless
释义	acrelessadj.n. Brit. /ˈeɪkələs/, U.S. /ˈeɪkərləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: acre n., -less suffix. Etymology: < acre n. + -less suffix.Found earlier as the name of various characters appearing or mentioned in plays of the 16th and 17th centuries, e.g.:1637 J. Shirley Gamester ii. sig. C3 Sir Master Hazard desires your company at Taverne, he sayes there are none but gentlemen of your acquaintance, Master Acre-lesse, Master Little-stocke, and Master Sell-away, the three gamesters.1775 C. Lennox Old City Manners i. ii. 10 The other day my Lord Duke Acreless shewed me a fine Flander's mare. Without land or an estate. Also as n.: persons without land, collectively. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1807 Mr. Redhead Yorke's Weekly Polit. Rev. 25 Apr. 313 They have never..used the influence of a dock-yard to turn out independent country gentlemen, to make way for the acreless sons of officers of the household. 1890 Temple Bar June 226 The lady had the bad taste to prefer the acreless to the acred. 1910 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Mar. 23/1 Two other names were those of Isaac Friedlander and ‘Land Grabber’ Chapman. Both died poor and acreless. 1941 L. B. Lyon Tomorrow is Revealing 14 A stealthy and mute fertility still moves The acreless heart. 1982 N. Tosches Hellfire 18 Like old Judge Lewis, whose fallen, acreless offspring he came to know, Lee Calhoun was a man for dirt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1807
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