womanlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʊmənləs/, U.S.

/ˈwʊmənləs/

Forms: see woman n. and -less suffix; also 1700s– womenless.

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

Etymology: < woman n. + -less suffix.

rare before 19th cent.

Without a woman or women; having or containing no women; characterized by this.In quot. c1375: without a midwife.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > without women

womanlessc1375

c1375 (?c1280) Birth Jesus (Egerton) l. 574 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 91 ‘A[l]as,’ quaþ iosep, ‘wommon les [v.r. wummanles], what schule we do þer fore?’

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4510 (MED) Clarionas..had gon all womanles, Whiche had not ben hir honour in certayn.

1566 ‘W. P.’ tr. C. S. Curione Pasquine in Traunce Pref. sig. B.j Their voluptuousnesse, tiranny, hipocrisie, wyuelesse but not womanlesse chastitie.

1762 T. Smollett et al. tr. Voltaire Wks. XII. 20 But pray, good dinnerless and womanless Sir..how may you pass your time?

1783 New Ann. Reg. 1782 Biogr. Anecd. 156 If we could have beat up for volunteers among those lovely daughters of the Amazons, their men would now have been left as womenless as they were in those ancient times.

1859 Athenæum 10 Dec. 771/2 It is a strange arena, the womanless world of cassocks.

1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. xvi. 254 Arthur Swingate found himself womanless.

1912 Eng. Rev. June 494 A womanless play called The New Sin.

1938 Agric. Hist. 12 78 Except for the cooks and ‘matrons’ of the bunk houses, the ranch is a womanless world.

1994 P. Grescoe Blood Vessel 4 But we were two womenless men, trying to cope with two young women.

2005 New Yorker 12 Dec. 118/1 Womanless men..have been pitching camp in the wilderness since movies began.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	womanless
释义	womanlessadj. Brit. /ˈwʊmənləs/, U.S. /ˈwʊmənləs/ Forms: see woman n. and -less suffix; also 1700s– womenless. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: woman n., -less suffix. Etymology: < woman n. + -less suffix. rare before 19th cent. Without a woman or women; having or containing no women; characterized by this.In quot. c1375: without a midwife. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > without women womanlessc1375 c1375 (?c1280) Birth Jesus (Egerton) l. 574 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 91 ‘A[l]as,’ quaþ iosep, ‘wommon les [v.r. wummanles], what schule we do þer fore?’ a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4510 (MED) Clarionas..had gon all womanles, Whiche had not ben hir honour in certayn. 1566 ‘W. P.’ tr. C. S. Curione Pasquine in Traunce Pref. sig. B.j Their voluptuousnesse, tiranny, hipocrisie, wyuelesse but not womanlesse chastitie. 1762 T. Smollett et al. tr. Voltaire Wks. XII. 20 But pray, good dinnerless and womanless Sir..how may you pass your time? 1783 New Ann. Reg. 1782 Biogr. Anecd. 156 If we could have beat up for volunteers among those lovely daughters of the Amazons, their men would now have been left as womenless as they were in those ancient times. 1859 Athenæum 10 Dec. 771/2 It is a strange arena, the womanless world of cassocks. 1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. xvi. 254 Arthur Swingate found himself womanless. 1912 Eng. Rev. June 494 A womanless play called The New Sin. 1938 Agric. Hist. 12 78 Except for the cooks and ‘matrons’ of the bunk houses, the ranch is a womanless world. 1994 P. Grescoe Blood Vessel 4 But we were two womenless men, trying to cope with two young women. 2005 New Yorker 12 Dec. 118/1 Womanless men..have been pitching camp in the wilderness since movies began. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1375
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