Nameless
adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Vulva. obsolete
"Hérison, m. The female pudendum; ‘the nameless’."
- 1 Not having a name. not-comparable
"Environmental DNA analysis suggests that the number of species of bacteria that remain nameless to date may well be on the order of many thousands."
- 2 Whose name is unknown; unidentified or obscured. not-comparable
"The culprits shall remain nameless here, as some names have been changed to protect the guilty; just don't let it happen again."
- 3 Unable to be described or expressed. not-comparable
"a nameless unease"
- 4 Illegitimate. dated, not-comparable
"He said that he would cherish her until the grave, and that he would love her nameless son as though he were his own flesh."
- 1 being or having an unknown or unnamed source wordnet
Example
More examples"This poem was written by a nameless poet."
Etymology
From Middle English nameles, equivalent to name + -less. Cognate with Dutch naamloos (“nameless”), German namenlos (“nameless”), Danish navnløs (“nameless”), Swedish namnlös (“nameless”), Icelandic nafnlaus (“nameless, anonymous”).