Hearthless
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Without a hearth. not-comparable
"There was a desolate village in a wood, Whose bloom-inwoven leaves now scattering fed The hungry storm; it was a place of blood, A heap of hearthless walls;—the flames were dead Within those dwellings now,—the life had fled From all those corpses now,— […]"
- 2 Without a home. broadly, figuratively, not-comparable
"It was not a singer of the fireside, but a hearthless wanderer, who put in all hearts the Anglo-Saxon's simple "Home, Sweet Home.""
Example
More examples"There was a desolate village in a wood, Whose bloom-inwoven leaves now scattering fed The hungry storm; it was a place of blood, A heap of hearthless walls;—the flames were dead Within those dwellings now,—the life had fled From all those corpses now,— […]"
Etymology
From hearth + -less.
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