weedlessadj.
/ˈwiːdlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwidlᵻs/ Free from or having no weeds (weed n.1 1). (literal and figurative.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [adjective] > cleared of refuse
tried1382
pickeda1450
weedless1599
1599 J. Hayward 1st Pt. Henrie IIII 37 Framing himselfe to many vaine and weedlesse feares.
1611 J. Donne Anat. World sig. A6v For all assum'd vnto this Dignitee, So many weedlesse Paradises bee.
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iii. i. sig. M7v Whose weedless Banks no pining Winter knew.
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iv. i. 35 When troubled most, it does the bottom show, 'Tis weedless all above; and rockless all below.
1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 50 At early morn the careful housewife, led To cull her dinner from it's garden bed, Of weedless herbs a healthier prospect sees, While hum with busier joy her happy bees.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. liv. 164 The thousand treeless, bushless, weedless hills of grass.
1874 W. Cory Let. 14 July in Extracts Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 371 A clear, weedless, rocky pool.
1899 W. Pigott Purple & Fine Linen viii. 129 Straight shaded walks and weedless lawns.
1985 A. Pilling Henry's Leg (1989) ii. 8 In the brown weedless borders everything was planted in tidy rows.
2001 J. T. Hallinan Going up River iv. 48 The grass is perfectly weedless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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