townlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈtaʊnləs/, U.S.

/ˈtaʊnləs/

Forms: see town n. and -less suffix; also late Middle English toules (transmission error).

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

Etymology: < town n. + -less suffix. Compare cityless adj.

Without a town or towns; having no towns.In quot. c1450 as an epithet of a person.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [adjective] > without town(s)

townlessc1450

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2288 How tidis it þe & tou [n] les þi toname is callid?

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. iv. xii. 80 Townlesse [L. sine oppidis], and therfore obscure and of no reckoning.

1653 J. Howell German Diet 16 This noble Continent of Germany was once Townlesse, and without Citties.

1784 J. Knox View Brit. Empire 45 Carrying on their backs the infants, the meal, the kettle, and other little matters, which the townless coast does not afford.

1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain 15 This space..appears one townless level.

1884 Athenæum 1 Mar. 273/2 The inhabitants of these townless steppes live in carts, each cart containing a family.

1920 O. R. Cohen Gray Dusk ii. 20 It seemed that the stops at the tiny, and usually townless stations, were interminable.

1999 W. T. K. Nugent Into West (2001) vi. 186 The remote, treeless, and nearly townless southwest corner of Kansas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	townless
释义	townlessadj. Brit. /ˈtaʊnləs/, U.S. /ˈtaʊnləs/ Forms: see town n. and -less suffix; also late Middle English toules (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: town n., -less suffix. Etymology: < town n. + -less suffix. Compare cityless adj. Without a town or towns; having no towns.In quot. c1450 as an epithet of a person. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [adjective] > without town(s) townlessc1450 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2288 How tidis it þe & tou [n] les þi toname is callid? 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. iv. xii. 80 Townlesse [L. sine oppidis], and therfore obscure and of no reckoning. 1653 J. Howell German Diet 16 This noble Continent of Germany was once Townlesse, and without Citties. 1784 J. Knox View Brit. Empire 45 Carrying on their backs the infants, the meal, the kettle, and other little matters, which the townless coast does not afford. 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain 15 This space..appears one townless level. 1884 Athenæum 1 Mar. 273/2 The inhabitants of these townless steppes live in carts, each cart containing a family. 1920 O. R. Cohen Gray Dusk ii. 20 It seemed that the stops at the tiny, and usually townless stations, were interminable. 1999 W. T. K. Nugent Into West (2001) vi. 186 The remote, treeless, and nearly townless southwest corner of Kansas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1450
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