ligatureless

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Late Latin ligātūrabor. Middle French ligaturebor. Middle English ligature English ligature Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English ligatureless From ligature + -less.

  1. derived from ligaturebor
  2. derived from *leyǵ-der

Definitions

  1. without ligatures

    • He also says that the change of older V to 'e' is reflected in the practice of using ligatureless consonantal symbols — a practice, dating back at least[…]
    • […]ligatureless and comparatively bloodless vaginal hysterectomy can be done, how abdominal surgery can be done without leaving pinched tissues,[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ligatureless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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