nounless

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English

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Etymology

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From noun +‎ -less.

Adjective

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nounless (not comparable)

  1. Without a noun or nouns.
    • 1997, Alan Dean, Chaos and Intoxication:
      ...a nameless delight or terror, unattached to any delightful or dreadful thing, a potent adjective floating in a nounless void, a pure quality.
    • 2003, Mark C Baker, Lexical Categories: Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives:
      A nounless language would not have an exact equivalent of English's the child, but it might get along quite well with constructions like the childlike one.