Christian-nameless
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Without a Christian name. not-comparable, rare
"To me, once, inspecting a well-chosen shelf of medical works in several languages, an advanced surgeon’s library in themselves—possibly purchased en bloc, I thought, from some dead professor’s widow—he had remarked pleasantly, as a fitting pleasantry for the addressee, that “John’s is my nom du^([sic]) guerre,—in the war of life, you know, Doctor.” Enough, however, to show that as Christian-nameless John’s he was known to all in Beedley, aye to the very end, saving myself."
Example
More examples"To me, once, inspecting a well-chosen shelf of medical works in several languages, an advanced surgeon’s library in themselves—possibly purchased en bloc, I thought, from some dead professor’s widow—he had remarked pleasantly, as a fitting pleasantry for the addressee, that “John’s is my nom du^([sic]) guerre,—in the war of life, you know, Doctor.” Enough, however, to show that as Christian-nameless John’s he was known to all in Beedley, aye to the very end, saving myself."
Etymology
From Christian name + -less.
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