Citeless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without cite or citation

    "In his second and third Serbonian bog opinions, Judge Brown went citeless, but in his fourth one, Culver, he went so far as to cite Paradise Lost, making him the only bog master to do so."

Example

More examples

"In his second and third Serbonian bog opinions, Judge Brown went citeless, but in his fourth one, Culver, he went so far as to cite Paradise Lost, making him the only bog master to do so."

Etymology

From cite + -less.

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