nameless

adj

Etymology

From Middle English nameles, equivalent to name + -less. Cognate with Dutch naamloos (“nameless”), German namenlos (“nameless”), Danish navnløs (“nameless”), Swedish namnlös (“nameless”), Icelandic nafnlaus (“nameless, anonymous”).

inherited from nameles

Definitions

1
Not having a name.
- Environmental DNA analysis suggests that the number of species of bacteria that remain nameless to date may well be on the order of many thousands.
2
Whose name is unknown
Whose name is unknown; unidentified or obscured.
- The culprits shall remain nameless here, as some names have been changed to protect the guilty; just don't let it happen again.
- Victims of rug pulls are often left with little recourse against nameless thieves.
3
Unable to be described or expressed.
- a nameless unease
- a nameless fear
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1. 4
  Illegitimate.
  - He said that he would cherish her until the grave, and that he would love her nameless son as though he were his own flesh.
2. 5
  Not well-known
  Not well-known; not having made a name for oneself.
  - Nameless and fameless, but tinged with the sadness Rising from organs by seraph hands played.
  - Its upland-lawns, and cliffs with foliage hung, Its wizard-stream, nor nameless, nor unsung:
3. 6
  Vulva.
  - Hérison, m. The female pudendum; ‘the nameless’.

The neighborhood

neighborChristian-nameless
neighborfirst-nameless
neighborgiven-nameless
neighborinnominate
neighborlast-nameless
neighbormiddle-nameless
neighborno-name

Derived

nameless bee disease, nameless finger, namelessly, namelessness

Vish — recursive loop

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

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