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governless

adj

Etymology

From govern + -less.

  1. derived from κυβερνάω
  2. derived from gubernō
  3. derived from governer
  4. inherited from governen
  5. suffixed as governless — “govern + less”

Definitions

  1. Without government

    Without government; ungoverned; anarchic.

    • Oh! the heart is a free and a governless thing! / Hence strangely and madly it often will cling / To a glance of the eye, and a smile of the cheek, […]
    • Though the majority of your community's members have no intention of acting up, to host a governless society is to truly tempt fate.

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