kinless
English
Etymology
Adjective
kinless (not comparable)
- Without kin; familyless.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XI, The Abbot’s Ways
- And old friendships and all connexions forgotten, when you go to seek an office from him! “A kinless loon,” as the Scotch said of Cromwell’s new judges, — intent on mere indifferent fair-play!
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XI, The Abbot’s Ways