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gladless

adj

Etymology

From glad + -less.

  1. derived from *gʰladʰ-✻
  2. derived from *gladaz✻
  3. derived from glæd
  4. derived from glad
  5. suffixed as gladless — “glad + less”

Definitions

  1. joyless

    • […] Easter Sunday, for all its traditions, is a gladless day in London. There is positively nothing to do.
    • For others it has turned the joy and love of praising God into a gladless fulfillment of “their obligation.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA