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napless

adj
/ˈnæpləs/US

Etymology

From nap (“soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather”) + -less.

  1. inherited from *hnappaz✻ — “a cup, bowl”
  2. inherited from *hnapp✻
  3. inherited from hnæpp — “a cup, bowl”
  4. inherited from nap — “a bowl”
  5. suffixed as napless — “nap + less”

Definitions

  1. Without a nap

    Without a nap; worn or threadbare.

    • Stout men with napless hats on, look out of the bedroom windows, and cut jokes with friends in the street.

  2. Without napping or sleeping.

    • a napless baby

The neighborhood

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