tradelessadj.

Brit.

/ˈtreɪdlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈtreɪdlᵻs/

Forms: see trade n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < trade n. + -less suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier tradeful adj.

1. Of a person: having no trade; unskilled in any trade.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [adjective] > having a trade or craft > not

tradeless1608

1608 T. Milles Custumers Alphabet & Primer sig. K.2^v Marchants, that (Tradelesse themselues) liue by buying and selling, and so by buying to sell againe.

1629 E. Bolton Cities Aduocate To Modest Apprentises sig. a2 Forlorne companions, masterlesse men, tradelesse, and the like.

1730 E. Young Imperium Pelagi v. xxi. 51 O'er generous Glebe, o'er golden Mines Her beggar'd, famish'd, Tradeless Native roves.

1829 Belfast Northern Whig 7 Dec. in Morning Chron. 11 Dec. The peasant is obliged to accede to the prescribed terms, or to be thrown houseless, pennyless & tradeless upon the world.

1910 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 408/2 The semi-educated and tradeless worker.

2005 A. Parsons In Shadows of Sun 113 That evening he would no longer be a rancher, but a tradeless husband with a wife and daughter to look after.

2. Without or devoid of trade or commerce.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > [adjective] > without trade or commerce

tradeless1637

commerceless1768

1637 E. Sparke Christians Map of World 9 Their tradelesse shops and fickle offices.

1645 L. Lee Remonstr. Parl. Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Seeing the poore and their miseries encreasing together in these disasterous and tradelesse times.

1733 P. Whitehead State Dunces 8 Slaves are her [sc. Britannia's] Sons, and tradeless all her Towns.

1778 E. Long Eng. Humanity No Paradox 54 Robberies..must be equally infrequent in those tradeless and moneyless communities, where scarcely exists a temptation for Theft.

1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 310/2 The Scotch nobility, in our tradeless days, were not sunk quite so low as the Italian nobility at present.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. xvi. 372 The delta region is tremendously interesting..; but it is tradeless.

1920 B. Grimshaw Terrible Island iii. 70 The tradeless, timeless, almost untravelled plains of New Guinea's Coral Sea.

2000 P. L. Bernstein Power of Gold vi. 75 Reversion to the moneyless and tradeless society of the early days after the fall of Rome was never an issue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tradeless
释义	tradelessadj. Brit. /ˈtreɪdlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈtreɪdlᵻs/ Forms: see trade n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: trade n., -less suffix. Etymology: < trade n. + -less suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier tradeful adj. 1. Of a person: having no trade; unskilled in any trade. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [adjective] > having a trade or craft > not tradeless1608 1608 T. Milles Custumers Alphabet & Primer sig. K.2^v Marchants, that (Tradelesse themselues) liue by buying and selling, and so by buying to sell againe. 1629 E. Bolton Cities Aduocate To Modest Apprentises sig. a2 Forlorne companions, masterlesse men, tradelesse, and the like. 1730 E. Young Imperium Pelagi v. xxi. 51 O'er generous Glebe, o'er golden Mines Her beggar'd, famish'd, Tradeless Native roves. 1829 Belfast Northern Whig 7 Dec. in Morning Chron. 11 Dec. The peasant is obliged to accede to the prescribed terms, or to be thrown houseless, pennyless & tradeless upon the world. 1910 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 408/2 The semi-educated and tradeless worker. 2005 A. Parsons In Shadows of Sun 113 That evening he would no longer be a rancher, but a tradeless husband with a wife and daughter to look after. 2. Without or devoid of trade or commerce. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [adjective] > without trade or commerce tradeless1637 commerceless1768 1637 E. Sparke Christians Map of World 9 Their tradelesse shops and fickle offices. 1645 L. Lee Remonstr. Parl. Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Seeing the poore and their miseries encreasing together in these disasterous and tradelesse times. 1733 P. Whitehead State Dunces 8 Slaves are her [sc. Britannia's] Sons, and tradeless all her Towns. 1778 E. Long Eng. Humanity No Paradox 54 Robberies..must be equally infrequent in those tradeless and moneyless communities, where scarcely exists a temptation for Theft. 1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 310/2 The Scotch nobility, in our tradeless days, were not sunk quite so low as the Italian nobility at present. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. xvi. 372 The delta region is tremendously interesting..; but it is tradeless. 1920 B. Grimshaw Terrible Island iii. 70 The tradeless, timeless, almost untravelled plains of New Guinea's Coral Sea. 2000 P. L. Bernstein Power of Gold vi. 75 Reversion to the moneyless and tradeless society of the early days after the fall of Rome was never an issue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1608
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