thinglessadj.

Brit.

/ˈθɪŋlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈθɪŋlᵻs/

Forms: see thing n.¹ and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < thing n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare Old Frisian thinglās without recourse to a court of law.

†1. Free from charge or accusation. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (1927) 113 Innocentes uero et inmunes ab hoc crimine inlesos esse : unscyldigo' huoeðre & ðingleaso from ðissum synne unascendedo uosa.

2. Lacking the character of a thing; insubstantial. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective]

flittingc1374

aerya1398

bottomlessa1413

hollowa1529

flittering1549

wanzing1571

aerial1581

slight1585

flit1590

windy1593

filmy1594

tenuous1597

unsubstantial1597

yeasty1598

thingless1599

airy1600

spare1602

spongy1603

insubstantial1607

baselessa1616

thina1616

insolid1618

insubstantiate1621

tenuious1634

bubble1635

thin-spun1638

subventaneous1646

unsubstanceda1658

whipped1673

aericala1678

huffy1678

blatherya1693

naughty1696

substanceless1784

vapoury1818

aeriform1827

airified1837

blow-away1858

non-substantial1858

unbased1860

evasive1881

stuffless1896

fabricless1905

lighter-than-air1909

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 1 What breth embreath'd these almost thingles things.

1729 E. Ward Apollo's Maggot in his Cups 19 For what Anatomist can tell, By this poor thingless Body, Whether you mean it for a Male, Or for a Female Dowdy.

1898 S. M. Dick Princ. Synthetic Unity Berkeley & Kant iii. 47 In order to define to some extent this thingless thing or activity let us examine some of the phrases or terms which represent it.

1987 S. Themerson in W. Tigges Explor. Field of Nonsense i. 13 We can see light, but we can't see those single thingless things they call photons or quanta.

3. Lacking or without a thing or things.

ΚΠ

1898 Philos. Rev. 7 619 That space is a prius of things, is commonly inferred from the fact that we easily conceive thingless space, but not spaceless thing.

1935 A. S. Eddington New Pathways in Sci. ii. 48 You cannot have space without things or things without space; and the adoption of thingless space (vacuum) as a standard in most of our current physical thought is a definite hindrance to the progress of physics.

1964 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 14 277 The schema of things in fields and the schema of thingless fields in which changing patterns are discerned.

2003 Chron. Higher Educ. (Nexis) 18 July 15 He opposed an earlier concept for a media-based, artifact-free exhibition—‘a thingless museum’.

Derivatives

ˈthinglessness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun]

noughtOE

unbeing1435

non-beingc1443

nullity?1573

non esse1585

not-beinga1586

unexistence1593

nihilhood1602

non-essence?1605

inexistence1623

never-being1633

nonentity1643

non-existence1646

no-being1651

inexistency1660

nihility1678

cipherhooda1680

vacuitya1711

nothingness1766

nihilism1856

thinglessness1874

not-ness1933

nullness1949

1874 F. H. Laing in Ess. Relig. & Lit. 3rd Ser. 270 How thing came out of thinglessness.

1970 PMLA 85 14/1 Eliot's admirers have taken his use of the way of rejection to imply a radical discontinuity and qualitative distinction between the things of time and the thinglessness of eternity.

1984 A. Comfort Reality & Empathy iv. 195 Philosophy has come to terms neither with thinglessness nor with the superloop.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thingless
释义	thinglessadj. Brit. /ˈθɪŋlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈθɪŋlᵻs/ Forms: see thing n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thing n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < thing n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare Old Frisian thinglās without recourse to a court of law. †1. Free from charge or accusation. Obsolete. ΚΠ OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (1927) 113 Innocentes uero et inmunes ab hoc crimine inlesos esse : unscyldigo' huoeðre & ðingleaso from ðissum synne unascendedo uosa. 2. Lacking the character of a thing; insubstantial. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] flittingc1374 aerya1398 bottomlessa1413 hollowa1529 flittering1549 wanzing1571 aerial1581 slight1585 flit1590 windy1593 filmy1594 tenuous1597 unsubstantial1597 yeasty1598 thingless1599 airy1600 spare1602 spongy1603 insubstantial1607 baselessa1616 thina1616 insolid1618 insubstantiate1621 tenuious1634 bubble1635 thin-spun1638 subventaneous1646 unsubstanceda1658 whipped1673 aericala1678 huffy1678 blatherya1693 naughty1696 substanceless1784 vapoury1818 aeriform1827 airified1837 blow-away1858 non-substantial1858 unbased1860 evasive1881 stuffless1896 fabricless1905 lighter-than-air1909 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 1 What breth embreath'd these almost thingles things. 1729 E. Ward Apollo's Maggot in his Cups 19 For what Anatomist can tell, By this poor thingless Body, Whether you mean it for a Male, Or for a Female Dowdy. 1898 S. M. Dick Princ. Synthetic Unity Berkeley & Kant iii. 47 In order to define to some extent this thingless thing or activity let us examine some of the phrases or terms which represent it. 1987 S. Themerson in W. Tigges Explor. Field of Nonsense i. 13 We can see light, but we can't see those single thingless things they call photons or quanta. 3. Lacking or without a thing or things. ΚΠ 1898 Philos. Rev. 7 619 That space is a prius of things, is commonly inferred from the fact that we easily conceive thingless space, but not spaceless thing. 1935 A. S. Eddington New Pathways in Sci. ii. 48 You cannot have space without things or things without space; and the adoption of thingless space (vacuum) as a standard in most of our current physical thought is a definite hindrance to the progress of physics. 1964 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 14 277 The schema of things in fields and the schema of thingless fields in which changing patterns are discerned. 2003 Chron. Higher Educ. (Nexis) 18 July 15 He opposed an earlier concept for a media-based, artifact-free exhibition—‘a thingless museum’. Derivatives ˈthinglessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] noughtOE unbeing1435 non-beingc1443 nullity?1573 non esse1585 not-beinga1586 unexistence1593 nihilhood1602 non-essence?1605 inexistence1623 never-being1633 nonentity1643 non-existence1646 no-being1651 inexistency1660 nihility1678 cipherhooda1680 vacuitya1711 nothingness1766 nihilism1856 thinglessness1874 not-ness1933 nullness1949 1874 F. H. Laing in Ess. Relig. & Lit. 3rd Ser. 270 How thing came out of thinglessness. 1970 PMLA 85 14/1 Eliot's admirers have taken his use of the way of rejection to imply a radical discontinuity and qualitative distinction between the things of time and the thinglessness of eternity. 1984 A. Comfort Reality & Empathy iv. 195 Philosophy has come to terms neither with thinglessness nor with the superloop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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