verselessadj.
Lacking verse or poetry; unable to compose verses.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > composing verse > not or unable to
verseless1738
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [adjective] > unable to compose verse
verseless1738
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [adjective]
doggerelc1405
album1828
verselessc1873–4
stuffed owl1941
stuffed-owlish1960
1738 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 655/1 Verseless myself, I conn'd not blithsom song; Nor lute had I, nor harp, nor tuneful lyre.
c1873–4 G. M. Hopkins Note-bks. & Papers (1937) 221 Where verse ends and prose (or verseless composition) begins.
1975 Gramophone May 2020/3 The rapid succession of verseless office antiphons..gave me a slight feeling of dizziness because of their varying pitches.
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