breadlessadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛdləs/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛdləs/

Forms: see bread n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < bread n. + -less suffix.Compare Middle Low German brōtlōs. Attested earlier as a surname: Robert Bredles (1309).

A. adj.

1. Deprived of or lacking bread; having no bread to eat; (hence more generally) having no food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > famine-stricken or without food

meatlessOE

hungrya1325

breadlessc1400

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 160 Beggeres aboute Midsomer bredlees þei soupe.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 411 And his barnes bredeles.

1653 Mercurius Alethes 5 Was this a time for us to enrich our selves, when there were so many objects of pity,..so many children fatherless & many of them breadless.

1733 P. Whitehead State Dunces 5 Plump P——rs, and breadless Bards, alike are dull.

1851 Illustr. London News 8 Feb. 98 The cupboard was breadless.

1917 Western Times 20 Apr. 8/4 [He] expressed the hope that breadless dinners would become the habit.

2015 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Aug. (Life & Style section) People in some areas are left breadless while bakeries in busy areas don't shut down at all.

2. Of a meal, dish, etc.: not including or containing bread.

ΚΠ

1917 Houston (Texas) Post 10 June 34/3 (advt.) That's all there is to it—no body-pounding, floor-rolling exercises; no meatless sweetless, breadless diet.

1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Mar. 12 li 33/1 Giant, tender sea scallops, a sweet rock lobster tail and jumbo shrimp enclosed in a flavorful, breadless seafood stuffing.

2019 DNA (Nexis) 1 Feb. The whole concept of the breadless or naked sandwich was to go gluten free.

B. n.

With the and plural agreement. People without bread (or more generally, food) collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving > one who suffers starvation

starveling1546

meat failer1599

starver1683

breadless1839

1839 Federal Union (Milledgeville, Georgia) 26 Feb. In all civilized communities, the two extremes of society—the affluent and breadless, the powerful and the impotent—come together and war upon the centre.

1922 Stabilizing Prices Farm Products: Hearings before Comm. on Agric. (U.S. House of Representatives 67th Congress, 2nd Sess.) 208 The farmer may start again the wheels of industry and provide jobs for the jobless, help for the helpless, and bread for the breadless.

1994 B. Levin World Elsewhere vi. 80 If there was outside the gates..a world in which the people had no bread to eat, the breadless could at least look through the gates and eat cake.

Derivatives

ˈbreadlessness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]

waedlec888

wanspeedc893

wanea1100

wandrethc1175

miseasea1200

povertya1225

lowness?c1225

needc1225

orcostc1225

poorness?a1300

unwealtha1300

defaultc1300

porailc1325

straitnessa1340

poorhead1340

mischiefa1375

miseasetya1382

needinessa1382

misterc1385

indigencec1386

scarcitya1387

noughtc1400

scantnessc1400

necessity?1406

penurya1425

povertnessa1434

exilitya1439

wantc1450

scarcenessc1475

needinga1500

povertiesa1500

penurity?a1505

poortith?a1513

debility1525

tenuity1535

leanness1550

lack1555

Needham1577

inopy1581

pinching1587

dispurveyance1590

egency1600

macritude1623

penuriousness1630

indigency1631

needihood1648

necessitousness1650

egestuosity1656

straitened circumstancesa1766

unopulence1796

Queer Street1811

lowliness1834

breadlessness1860

unwealthiness1886

out-of-elbowness1890

secondary poverty1901

Short Street1920

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > scarcity of food or famine

hungerc1000

dear1297

deartha1325

fault1340

famine1362

barrennessa1425

affaminea1450

enfaminea1450

wantc1450

scarceness1481

Lang Reeda1525

famishment1526

cleanness of teeth1560

breadlessness1860

1860 J. C. Byrne Undercurrents Overlooked II. 93 The crime of poverty then is thus classified: first, mendicancy, or the state of ‘breadlessness’; secondly vagrancy, or the state of ‘homelessness’.

1919 R. C. Long Russ. Revol. Aspects xii. 194 Greater issues are involved than the city's breadlessness for the last three days.

2011 Atlantic Free Press (Nexis) 31 July Its [sic] hardly all bread and roses (more like breadlessness and discontent).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breadless
释义	breadlessadj.n. Brit. /ˈbrɛdləs/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdləs/ Forms: see bread n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bread n., -less suffix. Etymology: < bread n. + -less suffix.Compare Middle Low German brōtlōs. Attested earlier as a surname: Robert Bredles (1309). A. adj. 1. Deprived of or lacking bread; having no bread to eat; (hence more generally) having no food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > famine-stricken or without food meatlessOE hungrya1325 breadlessc1400 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 160 Beggeres aboute Midsomer bredlees þei soupe. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 411 And his barnes bredeles. 1653 Mercurius Alethes 5 Was this a time for us to enrich our selves, when there were so many objects of pity,..so many children fatherless & many of them breadless. 1733 P. Whitehead State Dunces 5 Plump P——rs, and breadless Bards, alike are dull. 1851 Illustr. London News 8 Feb. 98 The cupboard was breadless. 1917 Western Times 20 Apr. 8/4 [He] expressed the hope that breadless dinners would become the habit. 2015 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Aug. (Life & Style section) People in some areas are left breadless while bakeries in busy areas don't shut down at all. 2. Of a meal, dish, etc.: not including or containing bread. ΚΠ 1917 Houston (Texas) Post 10 June 34/3 (advt.) That's all there is to it—no body-pounding, floor-rolling exercises; no meatless sweetless, breadless diet. 1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Mar. 12 li 33/1 Giant, tender sea scallops, a sweet rock lobster tail and jumbo shrimp enclosed in a flavorful, breadless seafood stuffing. 2019 DNA (Nexis) 1 Feb. The whole concept of the breadless or naked sandwich was to go gluten free. B. n. With the and plural agreement. People without bread (or more generally, food) collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving > one who suffers starvation starveling1546 meat failer1599 starver1683 breadless1839 1839 Federal Union (Milledgeville, Georgia) 26 Feb. In all civilized communities, the two extremes of society—the affluent and breadless, the powerful and the impotent—come together and war upon the centre. 1922 Stabilizing Prices Farm Products: Hearings before Comm. on Agric. (U.S. House of Representatives 67th Congress, 2nd Sess.) 208 The farmer may start again the wheels of industry and provide jobs for the jobless, help for the helpless, and bread for the breadless. 1994 B. Levin World Elsewhere vi. 80 If there was outside the gates..a world in which the people had no bread to eat, the breadless could at least look through the gates and eat cake. Derivatives ˈbreadlessness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] waedlec888 wanspeedc893 wanea1100 wandrethc1175 miseasea1200 povertya1225 lowness?c1225 needc1225 orcostc1225 poorness?a1300 unwealtha1300 defaultc1300 porailc1325 straitnessa1340 poorhead1340 mischiefa1375 miseasetya1382 needinessa1382 misterc1385 indigencec1386 scarcitya1387 noughtc1400 scantnessc1400 necessity?1406 penurya1425 povertnessa1434 exilitya1439 wantc1450 scarcenessc1475 needinga1500 povertiesa1500 penurity?a1505 poortith?a1513 debility1525 tenuity1535 leanness1550 lack1555 Needham1577 inopy1581 pinching1587 dispurveyance1590 egency1600 macritude1623 penuriousness1630 indigency1631 needihood1648 necessitousness1650 egestuosity1656 straitened circumstancesa1766 unopulence1796 Queer Street1811 lowliness1834 breadlessness1860 unwealthiness1886 out-of-elbowness1890 secondary poverty1901 Short Street1920 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > scarcity of food or famine hungerc1000 dear1297 deartha1325 fault1340 famine1362 barrennessa1425 affaminea1450 enfaminea1450 wantc1450 scarceness1481 Lang Reeda1525 famishment1526 cleanness of teeth1560 breadlessness1860 1860 J. C. Byrne Undercurrents Overlooked II. 93 The crime of poverty then is thus classified: first, mendicancy, or the state of ‘breadlessness’; secondly vagrancy, or the state of ‘homelessness’. 1919 R. C. Long Russ. Revol. Aspects xii. 194 Greater issues are involved than the city's breadlessness for the last three days. 2011 Atlantic Free Press (Nexis) 31 July Its [sic] hardly all bread and roses (more like breadlessness and discontent). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1400
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