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rimless

adj

Etymology

From rim + -less.

  1. derived from *rem-✻
  2. inherited from *rimô✻
  3. inherited from rima — “rim, edge, border, bank, coast”
  4. inherited from rim
  5. suffixed as rimless — “rim + less”

Definitions

  1. Lacking a rim.

    • Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) brimless, lipless, ledgeless
    • rimless glasses
    • 1949, Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses […]

  2. Not touching the rim of the basket while passing through it.

    • Took aim and scored, a sure, rimless basket.

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