wreathlessadj.
/ˈriːθlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈriθlᵻs/ Not wearing a wreath or garland; not adorned or decorated with a wreath or wreaths. Cf. wreath n. 12.
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wreathless1593
unwreathed1731
garlandless1820
ungarlanded1828
1593 T. Lodge Phillis sig. K4v From thine enuious tryumphant throne, Send forth Despayre with locks vnkempt and wreathlesse.
?1769 C. H. Wilmot tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. xiii. 322 Wreathless his temples shall for ever be, Blasted his coward-name for ever stand.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Work without Hope 11 With lips unbrightened, wreathless brow, I stroll.
1878 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads 2nd Ser. 139 While youth with burning lips and wreathless hair Sang toward the sun.
1903 Daily Chron. 30 Mar. 5/7 The almost clandestine removal of the coffin..wreathless and flowerless to the numbered luggage-van.
2017 Spokesman Rev. (Spokane, Washington) (Nexis) 21 Dec. 1 The children dressed and followed their mother out of the wreathless front door.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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